Strong G2209ζημία
damage/loss
- Transliteration
- zēmia
- Pronunciation
- dzay-mee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably akin to the base of G1150 (through the idea of violence); detriment: - damage loss.
Detailed definition
ζημία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for עָנַשׁ; עֹנֶשׁ ni. and cognate forms;]
damage, loss: Act.27:10, 21 Php.3:8; opposite to κέρδος, Php.3:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָנַשׁ; עֹנֶשׁ ni. and cognate forms;]
damage, loss: Act.27:10, 21 Php.3:8; opposite to κέρδος, Php.3:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2209 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- loss3
- damage1
First verses
- Acts 27:10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
- Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
- Philippians 3:7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
- Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζημία,
Doric dialect ζᾱμία [Refs 4th c.BC+ ((“SIG” 239 D iii5 (Delph., 4th c.BC))], etc., later σαμία [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Delph.” 3(1).342 (2nd c.BC), compare ταμία, ἀττάμιος))], ἡ, loss, damage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 148)]; opposed to κέρδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 835b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1132b12)]; ζημίαν or -ίας λαβεῖν to sustain loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 807, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.11; ζ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1124; ζ. ἐργάζεσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20 (unless in signification 1.2); ζ. φέρειντῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.”)][same place]; ζ. εἶναι νομίζειν consider as loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.50, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.23; ζ. πλείονα ὑπομένειν τῆς τιμῆς “PFlor.” 142.8 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 ζ. ἐργάζεσθαι, of a slave, be guilty of a delict, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20 (see. above), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 22.)]
II penalty in money, fine, ζημίην ἀποτίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65, compare “PHal.” 1.195 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐκτίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 774e; ἱρὴν ζ. ὀφείλειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52; ζ. καταβάλλειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.83, compare “SIG” [same place]; μετὰ.. χρημάτων ζημίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 862d; ζ. ἐπέκειτο στατήρ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; ζημίαν ὀφείλειν τάλαντον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 27; τῆς ζ. ἀφεθῆναι [prev. author] “Arist.” 4.)]
II.2 generally, penalty, ζ. ἐπιτιθέναι τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.144; ζ. ἔπεστί τινι [prev. author] 2.136; πρόσκειταί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.21; γλώσσῃ ζ. προστρίβεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 331, compare 384)]; with the penalty added, θάνατον ζ. ἐπιθέσθαι, προθεῖναι, τάξαι, to make death the penalty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24, 3.44, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.135; θάνατος ἡ ζ. ἐπίκειται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38, compare 65)]; but ἐφ᾽ οἷς.. θάνατος ἡ ζ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325b: in _plural_, θανάτου ζημίαι πρόκεινται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45 (variant): with _genitive_ criminis, ζ. ἀδικίας)] penalty for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 176d, compare “Lg.” 860e (_plural_).)]
b simply, expense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 717.81 (2nd-1st c.BC), “PLond.” 5.1660.10, 1674.23 (_plural_, 6th c.AD).)]
III of what is bought too dearly, a bad bargain, a dead loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.2)]: usually with adjective, φανερὰ ζᾱμία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 737)]; καθαρὰ ζ., λαμπρὰ ζ., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.21, 38, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 56.6.)]
Doric dialect ζᾱμία [Refs 4th c.BC+ ((“SIG” 239 D iii5 (Delph., 4th c.BC))], etc., later σαμία [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Delph.” 3(1).342 (2nd c.BC), compare ταμία, ἀττάμιος))], ἡ, loss, damage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 148)]; opposed to κέρδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 835b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1132b12)]; ζημίαν or -ίας λαβεῖν to sustain loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 807, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.11; ζ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1124; ζ. ἐργάζεσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20 (unless in signification 1.2); ζ. φέρειντῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.”)][same place]; ζ. εἶναι νομίζειν consider as loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.50, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.23; ζ. πλείονα ὑπομένειν τῆς τιμῆς “PFlor.” 142.8 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 ζ. ἐργάζεσθαι, of a slave, be guilty of a delict, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20 (see. above), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 22.)]
II penalty in money, fine, ζημίην ἀποτίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65, compare “PHal.” 1.195 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐκτίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 774e; ἱρὴν ζ. ὀφείλειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52; ζ. καταβάλλειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.83, compare “SIG” [same place]; μετὰ.. χρημάτων ζημίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 862d; ζ. ἐπέκειτο στατήρ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; ζημίαν ὀφείλειν τάλαντον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 27; τῆς ζ. ἀφεθῆναι [prev. author] “Arist.” 4.)]
II.2 generally, penalty, ζ. ἐπιτιθέναι τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.144; ζ. ἔπεστί τινι [prev. author] 2.136; πρόσκειταί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.21; γλώσσῃ ζ. προστρίβεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 331, compare 384)]; with the penalty added, θάνατον ζ. ἐπιθέσθαι, προθεῖναι, τάξαι, to make death the penalty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24, 3.44, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.135; θάνατος ἡ ζ. ἐπίκειται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38, compare 65)]; but ἐφ᾽ οἷς.. θάνατος ἡ ζ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325b: in _plural_, θανάτου ζημίαι πρόκεινται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45 (variant): with _genitive_ criminis, ζ. ἀδικίας)] penalty for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 176d, compare “Lg.” 860e (_plural_).)]
b simply, expense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 717.81 (2nd-1st c.BC), “PLond.” 5.1660.10, 1674.23 (_plural_, 6th c.AD).)]
III of what is bought too dearly, a bad bargain, a dead loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.2)]: usually with adjective, φανερὰ ζᾱμία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 737)]; καθαρὰ ζ., λαμπρὰ ζ., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.21, 38, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 56.6.)]