Long (Verb), Long (after, for), Longing
Long (Verb), Long (after, for), Longing
“to long for greatly” (a strengthened form of potheo, “to long for,” not found in the NT), is translated “I long,” in Rom 1:11; in 2Co 5:2, RV, “longing” (AV, “earnestly desiring”); in 1Th 3:6; 2Ti 1:4, RV, “longing” (AV, “desiring greatly”); to long after, in 2Co 9:14; Phi 1:8; Phi 2:26; to long for, in 1Pe 2:2, RV (AV, “desire”); Jam 4:5, RV, “long.” See DESIRE.
akin to A, and an intensive form of pothetos, “desired, greatly desired,” “longed for,” is used in Phi 4:1.
“a longing” (akin to A and B), is found in Rom 15:23, RV, “longing” (AV, “great desire”). See DESIRE.
“a longing” (perhaps stressing the process more than No. 1), is found in 2Co 7:7, RV, “longing” (AV, “earnest desire”); 2Co 7:11, RV, “longing” (AV, “vehement desire”).