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Lexicon :: Strong's G2198 - zaō

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ζάω
Transliteration
zaō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
mGNT
140x in 32 unique form(s)
TR
142x in 33 unique form(s)
LXX
436x in 47 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 2:832,290

Strong’s Definitions

ζάω záō, dzah'-o; a primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively):—life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's G2198 in the following manner: live (117x), be alive (9x), alive (6x), quick (4x), lively (3x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (2x), variations of 'live' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's G2198 in the following manner: live (117x), be alive (9x), alive (6x), quick (4x), lively (3x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (2x), variations of 'live' (1x).
  1. to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead)

  2. to enjoy real life

    1. to have true life and worthy of the name

    2. active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God

  3. to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting

    1. of mortals or character

  4. living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul

  5. metaph. to be in full vigour

    1. to be fresh, strong, efficient,

    2. as adj. active, powerful, efficacious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζάω záō, dzah'-o; a primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively):—life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
STRONGS G2198:
ζάω, ζῶ, ζῇς, ζῇ, infinitive ζῆν (so L T, but R G WH -η-, Tr also (except 1 Corinthians 9:14; 2 Corinthians 1:8); cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 4 c.; WH. Introductory § 410; Lipsius Gram. Unters., p. 5f), participle ζῶν; imperfect ἔζων (Romans 7:9, where Vat. has the inferior form ἔζην (found again Colossians 3:7 ἐζῆτε); cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 38; (WHs Appendix, p. 169; Veitch, under the word)); future in the earlier form ζήσω (Romans 6:2 (not L marginal reading); Hebrews 12:9; L T Tr WH also in John (John 5:25); John 6:57,58 (John 6:51 T WH), (not L; John 14:19 T Tr WH); 2 Corinthians 13:4; James 4:15), and much oftener ((?) five times, quotations excepted, viz. Matthew 9:18; Luke 10:28; John 11:25; Romans 8:13; Romans 10:5; cf. Moulton's Winer, p. 105) the later form, first used by (Hippocrates 7, 536 (see Veitch, under the word)) Demosthenes, ζήσομαι; 1 aorist (unused in Attic (Hipp., Anth. Pal., Plutarch, others (see Veitch))) ἔζησα (Acts 26:5, etc.); cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprachl. ii. 191f; Buttmann, 58 (51); Krüger, i., p. 172; Kühner, i. 829; Winers Grammar, 86 (83); (Veitch, under the word); Hebrew חָיָה; (from (Homer) Theognis, Aeschylus down); to live;
I. properly,
1. to live, be among the living, be alive (not lifeless, not dead): Acts 20:12; Romans 7:1-3; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 17; Revelation 19:20, etc.; ψυχή ζῶσα, 1 Corinthians 15:45 and R Tr marginal reading Revelation 16:3; διά παντός τοῦ ζῆν, during all their life (on earth), Hebrews 2:15 (διατελεῖν πάντα τόν τοῦ ζῆν χρόνον, Diodorus 1, 74 (cf. Buttmann, 262 (225))); ἔτι ζῶν (participle imperfect (cf. Winer's Grammar, 341 (320))), while he was yet alive, before his death, Matthew 27:63; with ἐν σαρκί added, of the earthly life, Philippians 1:22; δέ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, that life which I live in an earthly body, Galatians 2:20 (Buttmann, 149 (130); Winer's Grammar, 227 (213)); ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, in God is the cause why we live, Acts 17:28; ζῶσα τέθνηκε, 1 Timothy 5:6; ἐμοί τό ζῆν Χριστός, my life is devoted to Christ, Christ is the aim, the goal, of my life, Philippians 1:21; ζῶντες are opposed to νεκροί, Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:27; Luke 20:38; ζῶντες καί νεκροί, Acts 10:42; Romans 14:9; 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5; in the sense of living and thriving, 2 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοί Χριστός, Christ is living and operative in me, i. e. the holy mind and energy of Christ pervades and moves me Galatians 2:20; ἐκ δυνάμεως Θεοῦ ζῆν εἰς τινα, through the power of God to live and be strong toward one (namely, in correcting and judging), 2 Corinthians 13:4; in the absolute sense, God is said to be ζῶν: Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:63; John 6:57; John 6:69 Rec.; Acts 14:15; Romans 9:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:17 R G; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:31; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 7:2 (Joshua 3:10; 2 Kings 19:4, 16; Isaiah 37:4, 17; Hosea 1:10; Daniel 6:20 Theod., 26, etc.); with the addition of εἰς τούς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Revelation 4:9; Revelation 15:7; ζῶ ἐγώ (אָנִי חַי, Numbers 14:21; Isaiah 49:18, etc.) as I live (by my life), the formula by which God swears by himself, Romans 14:11. equivalent to to continue to live, to be kept alive (ὅστις ζῆν ἐπιθυμεῖ, πειράσθω νικαν, Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 26 (39)): ἐάν κύριος θελήσῃ καί ζήσωμεν (ζήσομεν L T Tr WH), James 4:15 (Buttmann, 210 (181); Winer's Grammar, 286 (268f)); ζῆν ἐπ' ἄρτῳ (Matthew 4:4, etc.) see ἐπί, B. 2 a. α. (Tobit 5:20); ζῆν ἐκ τίνος, to get a living from a thing, 1 Corinthians 9:14; also when used of convalescents, John 4:50f, 53; with ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας added, 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 8:8f, figuratively, to live and be strong: ἐν τούτοις (for Rec. ἐν αὐτοῖς) in these vices, opposed to the ethical death by which Christians are wholly severed from sin (see ἀποθνῄσκω, II. 2 b.), Colossians 3:7; cf. Meyer at the passage equivalent to to be no longer dead, to recover life, be restored to life: Matthew 9:18; Acts 9:41; so of Jesus risen from the dead, Mark 16:11; Luke 24:5, 23; Acts 1:3; Acts 25:19; Romans 6:10; 2 Corinthians 13:4; opposed to νεκρός, Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:8; ἔζησεν came to life, lived again, Romans 14:9 G L T Tr WH (opposed to ἀπέθανε); Revelation 13:14; Revelation 20:4, 5 (Rec. ἀνέζησεν) (Ezekiel 37:9f; on the aorist as marking entrance upon a state see βασιλεύω, at the end); ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, tropically, out of moral death to enter upon a new life, dedicated and acceptable to God, Romans 6:13; (similarly in Luke 15:32 T Tr WH). equivalent to not to be mortal, Hebrews 7:8 (where ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνῄσκοντες dying men i. e. whose lot it is to die, are opposed to ζῶν).
2. emphatically, and in the Messianic sense, to enjoy real life, i. e. to have true life and worthy of the name — active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God (or ζωή αἰώνιος; see ζωή, 2b.): Luke 10:28; John 5:25; John 11:25; Romans 1:17; Romans 8:13; Romans 14:9 ((?) see above); Galatians 3:12; Hebrews 12:9; with the addition of ἐκ πίστεως, Hebrews 10:38; of εἰς τόν αἰῶνα, John 6:51, 58; σύν Χριστῷ, in Christ's society, 1 Thessalonians 5:10; this life in its absolute fullness Christ enjoys, who owes it to God; hence, he says ζῶ διά τόν πατέρα, John 6:57; by the gift and power of Christ it is shared in by the faithful, who accordingly are said ζήσειν δἰ αὐτόν, John 6:57; δἰ αὐτοῦ, 1 John 4:9. with a dative denoting the respect, πνεύματι, 1 Peter 4:6; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς καί νεκρός εἰ, thou art said to have life (i. e. vigorous spiritual life bringing forth good fruit) and (yet) thou art dead (ethically), Revelation 3:1. In the O. T: ζῆν denotes to live most happily in the enjoyment of the theocratic blessings: Leviticus 18:5; Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 30:16.
3. to live i. e. pass life, of the manner of living and acting; of morals or character: μετά ἀνδρός with the accusative of time, of a married woman, Luke 2:36; χωρίς νόμου, without recognition of the law, Romans 7:9; Φαρισαῖος, Acts 26:5; also ἐν κόσμῳ, Colossians 2:20; with ἐν and a dative indicating the act or state of the soul: ἐν πίστει, Galatians 2:20; ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτία, to devote life to sin, Romans 6:2; with adverbs expressing the manner: εὐσεβῶς, 2 Timothy 3:12; Titus 2:12; ἀσώτως, Luke 15:13; ἐθνικῶς, Galatians 2:14; ἀδίκως, Wis. 14:28; ζῆν τίνι (the dative of person, a phrase common in Greek authors also, in Latin vivere alicui; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., p. 176ff), to devote, consecrate, life to one; so to live that life results in benefit to someone or to his cause: τῷ Θεῷ, Luke 20:38; Romans 6:10; Galatians 2:19 (4 Macc. 16:25); τῷ Χριστῷ, 2 Corinthians 5:15; that man is said ἑαυτῷ ζῆν who makes his own will his law, is his own master, Romans 14:7; 2 Corinthians 5:15; with the dative of the thing to which life is devoted: τῇ δικαιοσύνη, 1 Peter 2:24; πνεύματι, to be actuated by the Spirit, Galatians 5:25; κατά σάρκα, as the flesh dictates, Romans 8:12f.
II. Metaphorically, of inanimate things;
a. ὕδωρ ζῶν, חַיִּים מַיִם (Genesis 26:19; Leviticus 14:5; etc.), living water, i. e. bubbling up, gushing forth, flowing, with the suggested idea of refreshment and salubrity (opposed to the water of cisterns and pools (cf. our spring water)), is figuratively used of the spirit and truth of God as satisfying the needs and desires of the soul: John 4:10; John 7:38; ἐπί ζώσας πηγάς ὑδάτων, Revelation 7:17 Rec.
b. having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul: ἐλπίς ζῶσα, 1 Peter 1:3; λόγος Θεοῦ, 1 Peter 1:23; Hebrews 4:12; λόγια namely, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 7:38, cf. Deuteronomy 32:47; ὁδός ζῶσα, Hebrews 10:20 (this phrase describing that characteristic of divine grace, in granting the pardon of sin and fellowship with God, which likens it to a way leading to the heavenly sanctuary). In the same manner the predicate ζῶν is applied to those things to which persons are compared who possess real life (see I. 2 above), in the expressions λίθοι ζῶντες, 1 Peter 2:4; ἄρτος ζῶν (see ἄρτος, at the end), John 6:51; θυσία ζῶσα (tacitly opposed to slain victims), Romans 12:1. (Compare: ἀναζάω, συζάω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
26:19
Leviticus
14:5; 18:5
Numbers
14:21
Deuteronomy
4:1; 8:1; 30:16; 32:47
Joshua
3:10
2 Kings
1:2; 8:8; 19:4; 19:16
Isaiah
37:4; 37:17; 49:18
Ezekiel
37:9
Daniel
6:20
Hosea
1:10
Matthew
4:4; 9:18; 9:18; 16:16; 22:32; 26:63; 27:63
Mark
12:27; 16:11
Luke
2:36; 10:28; 10:28; 15:13; 15:32; 20:38; 20:38; 24:5; 24:23
John
4:10; 4:50; 4:53; 5:25; 5:25; 6:51; 6:51; 6:51; 6:57; 6:57; 6:57; 6:57; 6:58; 6:58; 6:69; 7:38; 11:25; 11:25; 14:19
Acts
1:3; 7:38; 9:41; 10:42; 14:15; 17:28; 20:12; 25:19; 26:5; 26:5
Romans
1:17; 6:2; 6:2; 6:10; 6:10; 6:13; 7:1; 7:2; 7:3; 7:9; 7:9; 8:12; 8:13; 8:13; 9:26; 10:5; 12:1; 14:7; 14:9; 14:9; 14:9; 14:11
1 Corinthians
7:39; 9:14; 9:14; 15:45
2 Corinthians
1:8; 1:8; 3:3; 4:11; 5:15; 5:15; 6:9; 6:16; 13:4; 13:4; 13:4
Galatians
2:14; 2:19; 2:20; 2:20; 2:20; 3:12; 5:25
Philippians
1:21; 1:22
Colossians
2:20; 3:7; 3:7
1 Thessalonians
1:9; 3:8; 4:15; 4:17; 5:10
1 Timothy
3:15; 4:10; 5:6; 6:17
2 Timothy
3:12; 4:1
Titus
2:12
Hebrews
2:15; 3:12; 4:12; 7:8; 9:14; 10:20; 10:31; 10:38; 12:9; 12:9; 12:22
James
4:15; 4:15
1 Peter
1:3; 1:23; 2:4; 2:24; 4:5; 4:6
1 John
4:9
Revelation
1:18; 2:8; 3:1; 4:9; 7:2; 7:17; 13:14; 15:7; 16:3; 19:20; 20:4; 20:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2198 matches the Greek ζάω (zaō),
which occurs 142 times in 127 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall G2198  not live G2198 by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 - While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:16 - And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living G2198 God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:63 - But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living G2198 God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:63 - Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, G2198 After three days I will rise again.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:23 - And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:27 - He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: G2198 ye therefore do greatly err.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:11 - And they, when they had heard that he was alive, G2198 and had been seen of her, believed not.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:36 - And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived G2198 with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:4 - And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall G2198  not live G2198 by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:28 - And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 - For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: G2198 for all live G2198 unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living G2198 among the dead?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:23 - And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living G2198 water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:11 - The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living G2198 water?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:50 - Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. G2198 And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:53 - So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: G2198 and himself believed, and his whole house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:51 - I am the living G2198 bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live G2198 for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:57 - As the living G2198 Father hath sent me, and I live G2198 by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live G2198 by me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:58 - This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live G2198 for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:69 - And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living G2198 God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living G2198 water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:26 - And whosoever liveth G2198 and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:19 - Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, G2198 ye shall live G2198 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - To whom also he shewed himself alive G2198 after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively G2198 oracles to give unto us:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick G2198 and dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15 - And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living G2198 God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:28 - For in him we live, G2198 and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:12 - And they brought the young man alive, G2198 and were not a little comforted.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:19 - But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live G2198 any longer.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived G2198 a Pharisee.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:17 - For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live G2198 by faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:2 - God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live G2198 any longer therein?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:10 - For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, G2198 he liveth G2198 unto God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:11 - Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive G2198 unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive G2198 from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:1 - Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? G2198
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:2 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; G2198 but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So then if, while her husband liveth, G2198 she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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