ἐπιπόθησις epipóthēsis

Meaning

a longing for

In the King James Version: earnest (vehement) desire

Derivation: from G1971 (ἐπιποθέω);

Where it is used

• 2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
• 2 Corinthians 7:11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.