Epipotheo means “lust” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1971 — hakkarah (“shew”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1971 ἐπιποθέω (epipotheo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epipotheo (ep-ee-poth-eh'-o) v. 1. to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) [from G1909 and potheo "to yearn"] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include upon. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epipotheo (ep-ee-poth-eh'-o) v. 1. to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) [from G1909 and potheo "to yearn"] KJV: (earnestly) desire (greatly), (greatly) long (after), lust Root(s): G1909
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to long for
Usage: ἐπι-ποθέω, -ῶ [in LXX for יָאַב, אָרַג, כָּסַף hi., etc. ;] to long for, desire: with inf., Rom.1:11, 2Co.5:2, 1Th.3:6, 2Ti.1:4, Php.2:26 (WH, [txt.]); with accusative of thing(s), 1Pe.2:2; with accusative of person(s), 2Co.9:14, Php.1:8 2:26 (WH, mg); absol., Jas.4:5 (see Mayor, in l).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epipotheo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1971 (ἐπιποθέω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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9 indexed usages in New Testament.
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
thou shalt not consent to him, neither shalt thou hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, thou shalt feel no regret for him, neither shalt thou at all protect him:
As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, So my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God.
Trust not in unrighteousness, And lust not after robberies: If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: But they went without the praise of God and his blessing.
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, And desire her not for pleasure.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1971.
thou shalt not consent to him, neither shalt thou hearken to him; and thine eye shall not spare him, thou shalt feel no regret for him, neither shalt thou at all protect him:
As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, So my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God.
Trust not in unrighteousness, And lust not after robberies: If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.
My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: For I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, saith the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity to save them from destruction.
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: But they went without the praise of God and his blessing.
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, And desire her not for pleasure.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1971, grouped by book.
Epipotheo (Strong's G1971) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lust". epipotheo (ep-ee-poth-eh'-o) v. 1. to dote upon, i.e. intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) [from G1909 and potheo "to yearn"]
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G1971 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1971 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as upon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1971, with linked reader references where each row is available.