Strong’s Greek
G1972 — epipothesis
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
ἐπιπόθησις
epipothesis — pronounced ep-ee-poth'-ay-sis
from 1971; a longing for:--earnest (vehement) desire. see GREEK for 1971
2 occurrences in the KJV.
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
