Strong's Concordance 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. 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be affectionately desirous. Middle voice from himeros (a yearning; of uncertain affinity); to long for -- be affectionately desirous. Forms and Transliterations ιμειρόμενοι ιμείρονται ομειρομενοι ὀμειρόμενοι ὁμειρόμενοι omeiromenoi omeirómenoiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 24421 Occurrence ὀμειρόμενοι — 1 Occ. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 V-PPM/P-NMP GRK: οὕτως ὀμειρόμενοι ὑμῶν εὐδοκοῦμεν KJV: So being affectionately desirous of you, INT: Thus yearning over you we were pleased |