'Longing' in the Bible

For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,

and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing for me, your sorrow, and your eagerness to take my side, and this made me even happier.

See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

recalling your tears and longing to see you so that I can be filled with joy.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.