Strong G2210ζημιόω
to lose
- Transliteration
- zēmioō
- Pronunciation
- dzay-mee-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2209; to injure that is (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment: - be cast away receive damage lose suffer loss.
Detailed definition
ζημόω, -ῶ
(ζημία), [in LXX chiefly for עָנַשׁ;]
to damage. Pass., to suffer loss, forfeit, lose: absol., 1Co.3:15; before ἐν, 2Co.7:9; with accusative of thing(s) (see B1., § 34, 6), τ. ψυχήν, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36; ἑαυτόν, Luk.9:25; τ. πάντα, Php.3:8.†
(AS)
(ζημία), [in LXX chiefly for עָנַשׁ;]
to damage. Pass., to suffer loss, forfeit, lose: absol., 1Co.3:15; before ἐν, 2Co.7:9; with accusative of thing(s) (see B1., § 34, 6), τ. ψυχήν, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36; ἑαυτόν, Luk.9:25; τ. πάντα, Php.3:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2210 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lose2
- cast1
- damage1
- loss1
- suffer1
First verses
- Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Mark 8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Luke 9:25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
- 1 Corinthians 3:15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
- 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
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζημι-όω,
future -ώσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.48)]: aorist 1 ἐζημίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 578, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, etc.)]: perfect ἐζημίωκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.49)]:—passive, future ζημιωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 29.4, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.12)]; more frequently middle ζημιώσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.37, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.27, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a10)]: aorist ἐζημιώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.160)]: perfect ἐζημίωμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.16, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1372b8)]:—cause loss or do damage to, penalize, πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.25)]; τοσαύτας ἡμέρας ζημιοῦν τινα to cause one the loss of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.23)]: with adjective neuter, μηδὲν μηδένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 846a; οὐδὲν ζ. τὸ κοινόν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.5)]; πλείω ζ. σαυτὸν ἤ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.30:)] —passive, μεγάλα ζημιώσεται will suffer great losses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40; πολλά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 916e: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Grg.” 490c.)]
II fine, mulct in a sum of money, with dative of things, ζ. τινὰ χιλίῃσι δραχμῇσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.21, compare 136; χρήμασιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; μναῖς τρισί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936a; also ζ. τινὰ ἕως τριάκοντα μνᾶς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 40 (uncertain reading))]; τινά τινος deprive of.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.19)]:—passive, to be fined or amerced in a thing, with dative of things, χρήμασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7; δραχμῇ τῆς ἡμέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 766d; μέχρι τοσούτου [prev. work] 855b: also, c._accusative_ _of things_, ταῦτα [prev. work] 774b; ζ. τριάκοντα λίτρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 476)]; suffer financial loss, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 142.8 (3rd c.AD): hence _metaphorically_, τοῦ ἑνὸς τοῦ περιέχεαι μάλιστα τῇ ψυχῇ ζημιώς εαι)] wilt lose, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39; τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ NT.Matt.16.26; ἑαυτόν NT.Luke.9.25; τὰ κέρατα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.1.)]
II.2 generally, punish, τὴν θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.35; σφέας [prev. author] 9.77; τινὰ θανάτῳ [prev. author] 3.27)]; τινὰ φυγῇ, πληγαῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65, 8.74)]:—passive, ζημιοῦσθαι ζημίαις ἐσχάταις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.26; θανάτῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9, “PTeb.” 5.92 (2nd c.BC))]; θανάτῳ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐσχάτοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297e; χρήμασιν καὶ ἀτιμία [prev. author] “Lg.” 721b.)]
future -ώσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.48)]: aorist 1 ἐζημίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 578, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, etc.)]: perfect ἐζημίωκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.49)]:—passive, future ζημιωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 29.4, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.12)]; more frequently middle ζημιώσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.37, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.27, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a10)]: aorist ἐζημιώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.160)]: perfect ἐζημίωμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.16, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1372b8)]:—cause loss or do damage to, penalize, πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.25)]; τοσαύτας ἡμέρας ζημιοῦν τινα to cause one the loss of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.23)]: with adjective neuter, μηδὲν μηδένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 846a; οὐδὲν ζ. τὸ κοινόν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.5)]; πλείω ζ. σαυτὸν ἤ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.30:)] —passive, μεγάλα ζημιώσεται will suffer great losses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40; πολλά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 916e: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Grg.” 490c.)]
II fine, mulct in a sum of money, with dative of things, ζ. τινὰ χιλίῃσι δραχμῇσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.21, compare 136; χρήμασιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; μναῖς τρισί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936a; also ζ. τινὰ ἕως τριάκοντα μνᾶς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 40 (uncertain reading))]; τινά τινος deprive of.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.19)]:—passive, to be fined or amerced in a thing, with dative of things, χρήμασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7; δραχμῇ τῆς ἡμέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 766d; μέχρι τοσούτου [prev. work] 855b: also, c._accusative_ _of things_, ταῦτα [prev. work] 774b; ζ. τριάκοντα λίτρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 476)]; suffer financial loss, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 142.8 (3rd c.AD): hence _metaphorically_, τοῦ ἑνὸς τοῦ περιέχεαι μάλιστα τῇ ψυχῇ ζημιώς εαι)] wilt lose, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39; τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ NT.Matt.16.26; ἑαυτόν NT.Luke.9.25; τὰ κέρατα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.1.)]
II.2 generally, punish, τὴν θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.35; σφέας [prev. author] 9.77; τινὰ θανάτῳ [prev. author] 3.27)]; τινὰ φυγῇ, πληγαῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65, 8.74)]:—passive, ζημιοῦσθαι ζημίαις ἐσχάταις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.26; θανάτῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9, “PTeb.” 5.92 (2nd c.BC))]; θανάτῳ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐσχάτοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297e; χρήμασιν καὶ ἀτιμία [prev. author] “Lg.” 721b.)]