Lexicon himeiromai: be affectionately desirous. Original Word: ὁμείρομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: himeiromai Phonetic Spelling: (him-i'-rom-ahee) Short Definition: I long for, love fervently Definition: I desire earnestly, long for; I have a strong affection for, love fervently. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originvariant reading for homeiromai, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 2442: ἱμείρωἱμείρω: middle ἱμείρομαι; ( ἵμερος desire, longing, (allied with ἵλεως; Vanicek, p. 88); cf. οἰκτείρω); to desire, long for, especially of the longing of love: ὑμῶν ( Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 b.), i. e. your souls, to win them to Christ, 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rec.; see ὁμείρομαι. (the Sept. Job 3:21; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
Strong's be affectionately desirous. Middle voice from himeros (a yearning; of uncertain affinity); to long for -- be affectionately desirous. |
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