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ζωή

zōēG2222

life

Used 135 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • of natural life
  • Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory whic…
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 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)

Same idea, other words · Life

Life in Scripture is more than being alive. In John's Gospel 'life' becomes a name for what Christ gives.

Where it appears

  • Matthew7
  • Mark4
  • Luke5
  • John36
  • Acts8
  • Romans14
  • 1 Corinthians2
  • 2 Corinthians6
  • Galatians1
  • Ephesians1
  • Philippians3
  • Colossians2
  • 1 Timothy4
  • 2 Timothy2
  • Titus2
  • Hebrews2
  • James2
  • 1 Peter2
  • 2 Peter1
  • 1 John13
  • Jude1
  • Revelation17

Every use · 51–100 of 135 · BSB

  1. John 17:3ζωὴlife

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

  2. John 20:31ζωὴνlife

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

  3. Acts 2:28ζωῆς,of life,

    You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

  4. Acts 3:15ζωῆςof life

    You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

  5. Acts 5:20ζωῆςlife

    “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

  6. Acts 8:33ζωὴlife

    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

  7. Acts 11:18ζωὴνlife

    When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

  8. Acts 13:46ζωῆς,life,

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

  9. Acts 13:48ζωὴνlife

    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

  10. Acts 17:25ζωὴνlife

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

  11. Romans 2:7ζωὴνlife

    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

  12. Romans 5:10ζωῇlife

    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

  13. Romans 5:17ζωῇlife

    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

  14. Romans 5:18ζωῆς.of life.

    So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

  15. Romans 5:21ζωὴνlife

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  16. Romans 6:4ζωῆςof life

    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

  17. Romans 6:22ζωὴν[is] life

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

  18. Romans 6:23ζωὴlife

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  19. Romans 7:10ζωὴνlife

    So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

  20. Romans 8:2ζωῆςof life

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  21. Romans 8:6ζωὴlife

    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

  22. Romans 8:10ζωὴ[is] life

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

  23. Romans 8:38ζωὴlife

    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

  24. Romans 11:15ζωὴlife

    For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

  25. whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

  26. 1 Corinthians 15:19ζωῇlife

    If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

  27. 2 Corinthians 2:16ζωῆςlife

    To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

  28. 2 Corinthians 2:16ζωήν.life.

    To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

  29. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

  30. For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

  31. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  32. 2 Corinthians 5:4ζωῆς.¶life.

    So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

  33. Galatians 6:8ζωὴνlife

    The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

  34. Ephesians 4:18ζωῆςlife

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  35. Philippians 1:20ζωῆςlife

    I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

  36. Philippians 2:16ζωῆςof life

    as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

  37. Philippians 4:3ζωῆς.¶of life.

    Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

  38. Colossians 3:3ζωὴlife

    For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

  39. Colossians 3:4ζωὴlife

    When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

  40. 1 Timothy 1:16ζωὴνlife

    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

  41. 1 Timothy 4:8ζωῆςof life

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

  42. 1 Timothy 6:12ζωῆςlife

    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

  43. 1 Timothy 6:19ζωῆς.¶life.

    treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

  44. 2 Timothy 1:1ζωῆςof life

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

  45. 2 Timothy 1:10ζωὴνlife

    And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

  46. Titus 1:2ζωῆςof life

    in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

  47. Titus 3:7ζωῆςof life

    so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

  48. Hebrews 7:3ζωῆςof life

    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

  49. Hebrews 7:16ζωῆςof a life

    one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

  50. James 1:12ζωῆςof life

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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