Philippians 2:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπειδὴ ἐπιποθῶν ἦν πάντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀδημονῶν, διότι ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἠσθένησεν.

Transliteration

Since epipothōn ēn all of you, and adēmonōn, because you ēkousate that he ēsthenēsen.

Grammar Details

*epipothōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - longing for/yearning after
*ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was
*adēmonōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being distressed/troubled
*ēkousate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you heard
*ēsthenēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was sick/weak

Word Meanings

*epipothōn*: longing for/yearning after/greatly desiring
*adēmonōn*: being distressed/troubled/deeply anxious
*ēkousate*: heard/learned/were informed
*ēsthenēsen*: was sick/weak/ill/infirm

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Referenced Verses

Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
1 Pet 1:6 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
2 Cor 9:14 : 14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Phil 1:3 : 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.
Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matt 26:37 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
John 11:35-36 : 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Rom 9:2 : 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

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