to long for

Greek Verb

ἐπιθυμέω, -ῶ (θυμός), [in LXX chiefly for אָוָה pi, hithp; also for חָמַד, etc;] to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet: absol, Jas.4:2, Rom.7:7 13:9 " (LXX), 1Co.10:6 (of. 4Ma.2:6); before κατά (against, in opposition to), Gal.5:17; prop. (as in cl.) with genitive, Act.20:33, 1Ti.3:1; in late Gk. also with accusative (M, Pr., 65), Mat.5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς; T omits; cf. Exo.20:17, Mic.2:2, Wis.16:3, al.); with inf, Mat.13:17, Luk.15:16 16:21 17:22, 1Pe.1:12, Rev.9:6; with accusative and inf, Heb.6:11; as in Hebrew, ἐπιθυμία ἐπεθύμησα, Luk.22:15. SYN.: ὀρέγω (cf. Field, Notes, 204), θέλω (DCG. i, 453) (AS)

to long for

Greek Verb

ἐπιθῡμ-έω, set one's heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire, with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of political attachments, τῶν ἡμετέρων πολεμίων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.28; ὀλιγαρχίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.3: with infinitive, desire to do, πλῶσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ἀπικνέεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, desire, covet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, ={ἐπιθυμία}, eagerness for it, [Refs]:—passive, to be desired, τὰ ἐπιθυμούμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 35d.

Greek

Verb

to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise); covet, desire, would fain, lust (after); from g1909 (ἐπί) and g2372 (θυμός);