Quick Definition
ὁμείρομαι v. I long for, love fervently
Strong's Definition
middle voice from himeros (a yearning; of uncertain affinity); to long for
KJV Usage: be affectionately desirous
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
25.47 · Attitudes and Emotions · Love, Affection, Compassion
to have a great affection for, to have a yearning love for to experience a yearning affection for someone The nominal phrase with the English term ‘affection’ can and must be expressed in a number of languages by verb phrases or clauses. In 1TH 2:8 one may translate ‘because we love you so much, we were ready to share with you.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὁμείρομαι [or du., see below] i. q. ἱμείρομαι; to desire, long for, yearn after, [A. V. to be affectionately desirous |: τινός, 1 Th.ii. 8 61, Ὁ Tr WH [but the last read op., cf. their App. p. 144 and Lob. Pathol. Element. i. 72], on the authority of all the uncial and many cursive Mss., for Ree. ἱμειρόμενοι. The word is unknown to the Grk. writ., but the commentators ad loc. recognize it, as do Hesychius, Phavorinus, and Photius, and interpret it by ἐπιθυμεῖν. It > 4 ὀμνύω is found in Ps. lxii. 2 Symm., and acc. to some Μ88. in Job iii. 21. Ace. to the conjecture of Fritzsche, Com. on Mk. p- 792, it is composed of ὁμοῦ and etpew, just as Photius [p- 331, 8ed. Porson] explains it ὁμοῦ ἡρμόσθαι [so Theophylact (cf. Tdf.’s note) ]. But there is this objection, that all the verbs compounded with ὁμοῦ govern the dative, not the genitive. Since Nicander, ther. vs. 402, uses μείρομαι for ἱμείρομαι, some suppose that the original form is μείρομαι, to which, after the analogy of κέλλω and ὀκέλλω, either é or ὁ is for euphony prefixed in ἱμείρ. and ὁμείρ. But as ἱμείρομαι is derived from ἵμερος, we must suppose that Nicander dropped the syllable ito suit the metre. Accordingly ὁμείρεσθαι seems not to differ at all from ἱμείρεσθαι, and its form must be attributed to a vulgar pronunciation. Cf. [WH. App. p. 152]; W. 101 (95); [B. 64 (56); Ellic. on 1 Th. 1. ¢.; (Kuenen and Cobet, N. T. Vat. p. ciii.)].
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱμείρω, [in LXX: Jb 3:21 B3R (ABא, ὁμ-);] I Th 2:8(Rec.), v.s. ὁμείρομαί.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱμείρω. For this verb which is read in the TK of 1 Th 28 (but see Milligan ad /.) we may cite Bacchylides i. 62 ἶσον 6 τ᾽ adveds ἱμείρει μεγάλων & τε μείων παυροτέρων, ‘the rich man yearns for great things, as the poorer for less” (Jebb).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱμείρω (himeirō, himeiromai) — to desire. ἱμείρω [ῑ], Aeolic dialect ἰμέρρω [Refs 7th c.BC+], cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.949: (ἵμερος):— long for, desire, with genitive, τί κακῶν ἱμείρετε τούτων..; [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, long or wish to do, [Refs 7th c.BC+] [same place]: with adjective neuter, γνωτὰ κοὐκ ἄγνωτά μοι προσήλθεθ᾽ ἱμείροντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. middle ἱμείρομαι, aorist 1 ἱμειράμην lines[Refs]:—passive, aorist 1 ἱμέρθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, εἴ πως ἱμείραιτο παραδραθέειν φιλότητι (compare ἵμερος) [Refs 8th c.BC+].—Epic dialect, Ionic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+], and Trag. word: never in Attic dialect Prose; introduced as etymology in [Refs 5th c.BC+]