Strong G2225ζωογονέω
to give life
- Transliteration
- zōogoneō
- Pronunciation
- dzo-og-on-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ζωογονέω, -ῶ
(ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)*;]
1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life.
2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).†
(AS)
(ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)*;]
1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life.
2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2225 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- live1
- may1
- preserve1
First verses
- Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ζωογον-έω,
propagate or engender living creatures, of inanimate substances, ἡ φύσις ζ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3, compare “HP” 8.11.2)] (so in middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “CP” 3.24.3), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 835b26)]; of animals, breed, like{ζωοτοκέω}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.88, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.494c)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832a14)]: generally, engender [στοιχεῖον] ἕκαστον ἀπὸ ἑτέρου -εῖται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 162.17.)]
II to be viviparous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.14.3)]; produce alive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 19)]; ζ. παρθένον, of Zeus, producing Pallas alive from his head, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “DDeor.” 8, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23.)]
II.2 make alive, quicken, τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.15.2)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 311, 6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.93f: _metaphorically_, σωφροσύνη ζ. τὸ φρονοῦν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.378, compare 435.)]
II.3 ={ζωγρέω}, preserve alive, [LXX (LXX.Exo.1.17, “1 Ki.” 27.9)]; κύριος θανατοῖ καὶ ζ[NT (. [prev. work] 2.6, cf. NT.Luke.17.33)]:—passive, [NT (NT.Act.7.19.)]
propagate or engender living creatures, of inanimate substances, ἡ φύσις ζ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3, compare “HP” 8.11.2)] (so in middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “CP” 3.24.3), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 835b26)]; of animals, breed, like{ζωοτοκέω}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.88, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.494c)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832a14)]: generally, engender [στοιχεῖον] ἕκαστον ἀπὸ ἑτέρου -εῖται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 162.17.)]
II to be viviparous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.14.3)]; produce alive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 19)]; ζ. παρθένον, of Zeus, producing Pallas alive from his head, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “DDeor.” 8, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23.)]
II.2 make alive, quicken, τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.15.2)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 311, 6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.93f: _metaphorically_, σωφροσύνη ζ. τὸ φρονοῦν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.378, compare 435.)]
II.3 ={ζωγρέω}, preserve alive, [LXX (LXX.Exo.1.17, “1 Ki.” 27.9)]; κύριος θανατοῖ καὶ ζ[NT (. [prev. work] 2.6, cf. NT.Luke.17.33)]:—passive, [NT (NT.Act.7.19.)]