Definition

yearned upon, i.e. greatly loved

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and a derivative of the latter part of G1971 (ἐπιποθέω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ἐπιποθέω epipothéō

How the KJV renders it

• longed for

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.