Lexical Summary homeiromai: be affectionately desirous Original Word: ὁμείρομαιTransliteration: homeiromai Phonetic Spelling: (him-i'-rom-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: be affectionately desirous Meaning: be affectionately desirous Strong's Concordance be affectionately desirous. Middle voice from himeros (a yearning; of uncertain affinity); to long for -- be affectionately desirous. Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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