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Strong G2222ζωή

life

Transliteration
zōē
Pronunciation
dzo-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2198; life (literally or figuratively): - life (-time). Compare G5590 .

Detailed definition

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, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Jhn.8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1Jn.1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Jo 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom.5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Act.11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jhn.1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2Ti.1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2Pe.1:3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Jas.1:12, Rev.2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1Pe.3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom.8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2Ti.1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jhn.5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Rev.2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Rev.22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10; ῥήματα, Jhn.6:63; of one who gives life, Jhn.11:25 14:6, 1Jn.1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, Jhn.12:50.
SYN.: see: βίος. (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2222 appears in 126 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • life125
  • of4
  • lifetime1
  • that1

First verses

  1. Matthew 7:14
    Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  2. Matthew 18:8
    Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
  3. Matthew 18:9
    And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
  4. Matthew 19:16
    And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
  5. Matthew 19:17
    And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
  6. Matthew 19:29
    And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
  7. Matthew 25:46
    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
  8. Mark 9:43
    And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
  9. Mark 9:45
    And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
  10. Mark 10:17
    And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
  11. Mark 10:30
    But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
  12. Luke 1:75
    In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
  13. Luke 10:25
    And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  14. Luke 12:15
    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  15. Luke 16:25
    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  16. Luke 18:18
    And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  17. Luke 18:30
    Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
  18. John 1:4
    In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  19. John 3:15
    That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  20. John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ζωή
(ζωιή (probably an error) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.34 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC)))], Doric dialect ζωά: Ionic dialect and poetry ζόη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.4, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 556, etc. (see. below), compare “IG” 9(1).86 (from Hyampolis))], Doric dialect ζόα: Aeolic dialect ζοΐα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.5)]: ἡ:— living, i.e. one's substance, property, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ᾽ ἦν ἄσπετος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.96)]; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο[Refs ([prev. work] 208; κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν 16.429)]; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ.. to get one's living by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.105, compare 2.36, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 608b21; ἐξ ἁλός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Coma Berenices” 2.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], life, existence, opposed to death, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 15.5, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.36, etc.)]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 9.29; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 556)]; ζόας (ζωᾶς codices) βιοτά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 664 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ βίου ζωή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44c; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος “SIG” 1210 (from Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, ζωή)] mylife! [LXX+4th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 6.195: _plural_, ζόαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 99.13; ζωαί LXX.Psa.62(63).3(4))]; μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 100; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 3.)]
3 way of life, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, compare 114.)]
II ζωή,= γραῦς [Refs (11)], the scum on milk, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 906.52)]; ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus [The form ζόη (paroxyt.))] is required by the metre in trimeters in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 556, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1108, and in lyrics 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 592, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 976, +others, ζωή never: ζόη in other Poets, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 114, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 18.9, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.4.] (For the root, compare ζῶ: fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 81: in signification 11 ζόη probably from ζέω.))]