G1971

ἐπιποθέω

epipotheōG:V

to long for

ἐπι-ποθέω, -ῶ [in LXX for יָאַב, אָרַג, כָּסַף hi., etc. ;] to long for, desire: with inf., Rom.1:11, 2Co.5:2, 1Th.3:6, 2Ti.1:4, Php.2:26 (WH, [txt.]); with accusative of thing(s), 1Pe.2:2; with accusative of person(s), 2Co.9:14, Php.1:8 2:26 (WH, mg); absol., Jas.4:5 (see Mayor, in l).† (AS)

The KJV translates G1971 in the following manner:

after (4x), desiring (4x), long (4x), desire (2x), greatly (2x), lusteth (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐπιποθέω — epipothéō

ἐπιποθέω, ἐπιποθῶ; 1 aorist ἐπεπόθησα; properly, ποθον ἔχω ἐπί τί (i. e. ἐπί is directive, not intensive; cf. ἐπί, D. 2) (cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. i., p. 30f); to long for, desire: followed by the infinitive 2Co 5:2; ἰδεῖν τινα, Rom 1:11; 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4; Php 2:26 L brackets WH text brackets; τί, 1Pe 2:2 (ἐπί τί, Psa 41:2 ); τινα to be possessed with a desire for, long for (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), Php 2:26 R G T Tr WH marginal reading; to pursue with love, to tong after: 2Co 9:14; Php 1:8 (τάς ἐντολάς Θεοῦ, Psalm 118:131 ); absolutely to lust (i. e. harbor forbidden desire): Jas 4:5, on which passage see φθόνος. (Herodotus, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, Lucian.)

9 occurrences

Romans (1), II Corinthians (2), Philippians (2), I Thessalonians (1), II Timothy (1), James (1), I Peter (1)