epipothesis denotes a desire reported alongside mourning and zeal, and produced in response to godly grief.

The attested use denotes a directed desire or yearning: it is reported alongside mourning and zeal in 2 Corinthians 7:7 and listed among the effects of grief according to God in 2 Corinthians 7:11.

1. Yearning within a repentant response · dominant

   The accusative singular noun occurs in lists of responses. In 2 Corinthians 7:7 the APB renders the report as “your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me”; in 2 Corinthians 7:11 it renders “longing” among the outcomes produced by being grieved according to God.

   2 Corinthians 7:72 Corinthians 7:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “longing” in both occurrences, once in a report joined with mourning and zeal and once in a list of effects of godly grief. This rendering confirms the clause-level presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.