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Long, Long, Longing
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to long for greatly" (a strengthened form of potheo, "to long for," not found in the NT), is translated "I long," in Romans 1:11; in 2 Corinthians 5:2 , RV, "longing" (AV, "earnestly desiring"); in 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Timothy 1:4 , RV, "longing" (AV, "desiring greatly"); to long after, in 2 Corinthians 9:14; Philippians 1:8; 2:26; to long for, in 1 Peter 2:2 , RV (AV, "desire"); James 4:5 , RV, "long." See DESIRE.
akin to A, and an intensive form of pothetos, "desired, greatly desired," "longed for," is used in Philippians 4:1 .
"a longing" (akin to A and B), is found in Romans 15:23 , RV, "longing" (AV, "great desire"). See DESIRE.
"a longing" (perhaps stressing the process more than No. 1), is found in 2 Corinthians 7:7 , RV, "longing" (AV, "earnest desire"); 2 Corinthians 7:11 , RV, "longing" (AV, "vehement desire").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Long, Long, Longing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/long-long-longing.html. 1940.
