Strong G4709σπουδαίως
diligently
- Transliteration
- spoudaiōs
- Pronunciation
- spoo-dah'-yoce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from G4705; earnestly promptly: - diligently instantly.
Detailed definition
σπουδαίως
adv. (σπουδαῖος), [in LXX: Wis.2:6 *;]
1. with haste or zeal, i.e. earnestly, zealously, diligently: Luk.7:4, 2Ti.1:17, Tit.3:13; compar., -οτέρως, Php.2:28 (RV, Lft., Weymouth, al., but see infr.)
2. hastily, speedily: compar., -οτέρως, Php.2:28 (Thayer, Zorell, see word; ICC, in l, al., but see supr.).†
(AS)
adv. (σπουδαῖος), [in LXX: Wis.2:6 *;]
1. with haste or zeal, i.e. earnestly, zealously, diligently: Luk.7:4, 2Ti.1:17, Tit.3:13; compar., -οτέρως, Php.2:28 (RV, Lft., Weymouth, al., but see infr.)
2. hastily, speedily: compar., -οτέρως, Php.2:28 (Thayer, Zorell, see word; ICC, in l, al., but see supr.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4709 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- diligently1
- instantly1
First verses
- Luke 7:4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
- Titus 3:13Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: σπουδ-αῖος, α, ον
(σπουδή) properly in haste, quick, σ. τοὺς πόδας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.197, 3.149; τὸ σ. τῆς πορείας 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.24)]:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:
I of persons, earnest, serious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.16 (_superlative_),compare “Smp.” 8.3)]; active, zealous, in canvassing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 1.)]
I.2 good, excellent in their several kinds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.69)]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757a, 814e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1448a2)]; ἀκροαταὶ-ότεροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.271)]; σ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antisthenes Rhetor cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 1; κιθαριστής 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098a9; σκυτεύς [prev. author] “EE” 1219a22; ἀνδράποδον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.31; σ. τὴν τέχνην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.2; περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817a.)]
I.3 in moral sense, good, opposed to πονηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.19)]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.2.24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.52; οἱ σ. Λακεδαιμονίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.9; σ. τὰ ἤθη 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.4; τῷ ἀρετὴν ἔχειν σ. λέγεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 10b8, compare “EN” 1166a13, “Top.” 131b2)]; σπουδαῖον ={ἀγαθον}, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1136b8, 1137b4)]: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1021b24, 1051b24, “EN” 1151a27, +others)]
II of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 65, 70, 116, etc.)]; τὰ -έστερα (-έστατα) τῶν πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 133 (variant{-ότερα, -ότατα}),cf. Iisoc. 2.50; ταῦθ᾽ ὑμῖν σπουδαιότατ᾽ ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.4)]; opposed to γελοῖος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 392 (Lyric poetry))]; τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασι; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 300e.)]
II.2 good of its kind, excellent, σ. νομαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23)]; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.86, compare “PSI” 4.413.26 (3rd c.BC))]; ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.78)]; λόγος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.132; μουσική 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 668b; τιμαί [prev. author] “R.” 519d; σπέρματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.23)]; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 577)]; τραγῳδία σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b17; σ. ὑπόδημα [prev. author] “EE” 1219a22)]:— a play on senses [Refs 4th c.BC+ (11.1 and 11.2 in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1176b25, 1177a3)]; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 332.)]
III adverb σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 406b, etc.)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.20)]; -οτέρως [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nob.” 15: _superlative_ τὰ -ότατα)] most carefully, in the best way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86.—Besides the regular _comparative_ and _superlative_, we find in _Ionic dialect_ the forms -έστερος, -έστατος, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 133, 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.15, 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus 4.)]
(σπουδή) properly in haste, quick, σ. τοὺς πόδας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.197, 3.149; τὸ σ. τῆς πορείας 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 6.24)]:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:
I of persons, earnest, serious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.16 (_superlative_),compare “Smp.” 8.3)]; active, zealous, in canvassing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 1.)]
I.2 good, excellent in their several kinds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.69)]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757a, 814e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1448a2)]; ἀκροαταὶ-ότεροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.271)]; σ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antisthenes Rhetor cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 1; κιθαριστής 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098a9; σκυτεύς [prev. author] “EE” 1219a22; ἀνδράποδον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.31; σ. τὴν τέχνην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.2; περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817a.)]
I.3 in moral sense, good, opposed to πονηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.19)]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.2.24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.52; οἱ σ. Λακεδαιμονίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.9; σ. τὰ ἤθη 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.4; τῷ ἀρετὴν ἔχειν σ. λέγεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 10b8, compare “EN” 1166a13, “Top.” 131b2)]; σπουδαῖον ={ἀγαθον}, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1136b8, 1137b4)]: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1021b24, 1051b24, “EN” 1151a27, +others)]
II of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 65, 70, 116, etc.)]; τὰ -έστερα (-έστατα) τῶν πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 133 (variant{-ότερα, -ότατα}),cf. Iisoc. 2.50; ταῦθ᾽ ὑμῖν σπουδαιότατ᾽ ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.4)]; opposed to γελοῖος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 392 (Lyric poetry))]; τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασι; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 300e.)]
II.2 good of its kind, excellent, σ. νομαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23)]; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.86, compare “PSI” 4.413.26 (3rd c.BC))]; ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.78)]; λόγος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.132; μουσική 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 668b; τιμαί [prev. author] “R.” 519d; σπέρματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.23)]; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 577)]; τραγῳδία σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b17; σ. ὑπόδημα [prev. author] “EE” 1219a22)]:— a play on senses [Refs 4th c.BC+ (11.1 and 11.2 in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1176b25, 1177a3)]; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 332.)]
III adverb σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 406b, etc.)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.20)]; -οτέρως [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nob.” 15: _superlative_ τὰ -ότατα)] most carefully, in the best way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86.—Besides the regular _comparative_ and _superlative_, we find in _Ionic dialect_ the forms -έστερος, -έστατος, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 133, 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.15, 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus 4.)]