To long for

Usually translated “longing”, “long” and “long after”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• longing 3
• i long 1
• a longing 1
• i long after 1
• longing after 1
• yearns 1
• do crave 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 2 Corinthians 2
• Philippians 2
• Romans 1
• 1 Thessalonians 1
• 2 Timothy 1
• James 1

7 books in all.

• 2 Corinthians 5:2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
• 2 Corinthians 9:14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
• Philippians 1:8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• Philippians 2:26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:6But 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:
• 2 Timothy 1:4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “longing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.