ζωή zōē · G2222
life
ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω), ; [in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים ; ] ; life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, which see; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus, as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus; opposite to θάνατος); 1. of natural life: Luk.16:25, Act.8:33, 1Co.15:19, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.7:3, Jas.4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Gen.1:30), Rev.16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom.5:10, Heb.7:16. ; 2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words, 156ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo., 214ff.; Cremer, 272ff.): Jhn.6:51, 53 Rom.7:10 8:6, 10 Php.2:16, Col.3:4, 2Pe.1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Jhn.4:36 12:50 17:3, 1Jn.1:2, …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ζωή ; (ζωιή (probably an error) [], Doric dialect ζωά: Ionic dialect and poetry ζόη, [], Doric dialect ζόα: Aeolic dialect ζοΐα []: ἡ:— living, i.e. one's substance, property, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ᾽ ἦν ἄσπετος []; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο[]; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ.. to get one's living by.., []; 2 after [], life, existence, opposed to death, []; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς[]; ζόας (ζωᾶς codices) βιοτά [] mylife! []; μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. []; 3 way of life, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν []; II …
Where it's used 136 times
Matthew 7:14 · Matthew 18:8 · Matthew 18:9 · Matthew 19:16 · Matthew 19:17 · Matthew 19:29 · Matthew 25:46 · Mark 9:43 · Mark 9:45 · Mark 10:17 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 1:75 · Luke 10:25 · Luke 12:15 · Luke 16:25 · Luke 18:18 · Luke 18:30 · John 1:4 · John 3:15 · John 3:16 · John 3:36 · John 4:14 · John 4:36 · John 5:24 · John 5:26 · John 5:29 · John 5:39 · John 5:40 · John 6:27 · John 6:33 · John 6:35 · John 6:40 · John 6:47 · John 6:48 · John 6:51 · John 6:53 · John 6:54 · John 6:63 · John 6:68 · John 8:12 · John 10:10 · John 10:28 · John 11:25 · John 12:25 · John 12:50 · John 14:6 · John 17:2 · John 17:3 · John 20:31 · Acts 2:28 · Acts 3:15 · Acts 5:20 · Acts 8:33 · Acts 11:18 · Acts 13:46 · Acts 13:48 · Acts 17:25 · Romans 2:7 · Romans 5:10 · Romans 5:17 … and 76 more
Source: TBESG G2222; TFLSJ G2222
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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