- Original: ἐπιποθέω - Transliteration: Epipotheo - Phonetic: ep-ee-poth-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to long for, desire 2. to pursue with love, to long after 3. to lust, harbour forbidden desire - Origin: from G1909 and potheo (to yearn) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1909 and ποθέω potheō(to yearn); to dote upon that is intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully): - (earnestly) desire (greatly) (greatly) long (after) lust. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • after, 3 2 Corinthians 9:14; Philippians 1:8; Philippians 2:26 • desire, 1 1 Peter 2:2 • desiring, 2 2 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Timothy 1:4 • greatly, 1 1 Thessalonians 3:6 • long, 1 Romans 1:11 • lusteth, 1 Jam 4:5