Meaning
"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").
