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Lexicon :: Strong's G2222 - zōē

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ζωή
Transliteration
zōē (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:832,290

Trench's Synonyms: xxvii. ζωή, βίος.

Strong’s Definitions

ζωή zōḗ, dzo-ay'; from G2198; life (literally or figuratively):—life(-time). Compare G5590.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's G2222 in the following manner: life (133x), lifetime (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's G2222 in the following manner: life (133x), lifetime (1x).
  1. life

    1. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate

    2. every living soul

  2. life

    1. of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature

    2. life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζωή zōḗ, dzo-ay'; from G2198; life (literally or figuratively):—life(-time). Compare G5590.
STRONGS G2222:
ζωή, ζωῆς, (from ζάω, ζῶ), the Sept. chiefly for חַיִּים; life;
1. universally, life, i. e. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate: 1 Peter 3:10 (on which see ἀγαπάω); Hebrews 7:3, 16; αὐτός ( Θεός) διδούς πᾶσιν ζωήν καί πνοήν, Acts 17:25; πνεῦμα ζωῆς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, the vital spirit, the breath of (i. e. imparting) life, Revelation 11:11 (Ezekiel 37:5); πᾶσα ψυχή ζωῆς, genitive of possess, every living soul, Revelation 16:3 G L T Tr text WH; spoken of earthly life: ζωή τίνος, Luke 12:15; Acts 8:33 (see αἴρω, 3 h.); James 4:14; ἐν τῇ ζωή σου, whilst thou wast living on earth, Luke 16:25 (ἐν τῇ ζωή αὐτοῦ, Sir. 30:5 Sir. 50:1); ἐν τῇ ζωή ταύτῃ, 1 Corinthians 15:19; πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ζωῆς τίνος, Luke 1:75 Rec. (Genesis 3:14; Psalm 127:5 (Ps. 128:5); Sir. 22:12 (10)). ἐπαγγελία ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καί τῆς μελλούσης, a promise looking to the present and the future life, 1 Timothy 4:8; ζωή and θάνατος are contrasted in Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 3:22; Philippians 1:20; of a life preserved in the midst of perils, with a suggestion of vigor, 2 Corinthians 4:12 (the life of Paul is meant here, which exerts a saving power on the Corinthians by his discharge of his apostolic duties); of the life of persons raised from the dead: ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς, figuratively spoken of a new mode of life, dedicated to God, Romans 6:4; of the life of Jesus after his resurrection, Acts 2:28; Romans 5:10; of the same, with the added notion of vigor, 2 Corinthians 4:10f.
2. used emphatically,
a. of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic λόγος and to Christ in whom the λόγος put on human nature: ὥσπερ πατήρ ἔχει ζωήν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔδωκεν καί τῷ υἱῷ ζωήν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, John 5:26; ἐν αὐτῷ (namely, τῷ λόγῳ) ζωή ἦν καί ζωή ἦν τό φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, in him life was (comprehended), and the life (transfused from the Logos into created natures) was the light (i. e. the intelligence) of men (because the life of men is self-conscious, and thus a fountain of intelligence springs up), John 1:4; λόγος τῆς ζωῆς, the Logos having life in itself and communicating it to others, 1 John 1:1; ζωή ἐφανερώθη, was manifested in Christ, clothed in flesh, 1 John 1:2. From this divine fountain of life flows forth that life which is next to be defined: viz.
b. life real and genuine, vita quae sola vita nominanda (Cicero, de sen. 21, 77), a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last forever (the writers of the O. T. have anticipated the conception, in their way, by employing חַיִּים to denote a happy life and every kind of blessing: Deuteronomy 30:15, 19; Malachi 2:5; Psalm 33:13 (Ps. 34:13) 13; Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 12:28, etc.): John 6:51, 63; John 14:6; Romans 7:10; Romans 8:6, 10; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:16; (Colossians 3:4); 2 Peter 1:3; 1 John 5:11, 16, 20; with the addition of τοῦ Θεοῦ, supplied by God (Winer's Grammar, 186 (175)), Ephesians 4:18; ἐν Χριστῷ, to be obtained in fellowship with Christ, 2 Timothy 1:1; μεταβεβηκέναι ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς ζωήν, John 5:24; 1 John 3:14; ὄψεσθαί τήν ζωήν, John 3:36; ἔχειν ζωήν, John 5:40; John 10:10; 1 John 5:12; with ἐν ἑαυτῷ (or ἑαυτοῖς) added, John 5:26; (John 6:53); διδόναι, John 6:33; χάρις ζωῆς, the grace of God evident in the life obtained, 1 Peter 3:7; τό πνεῦμα τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, the Spirit, the repository and imparter of life, and which is received by those united to Christ, Romans 8:2; ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς (see ἄρτος, at the end), John 6:35, 48; τό φῶς τῆς ζοης, the light illumined by which one arrives at life, John 8:12. more fully ζωή αἰώνιος and ζωή αἰώνιος ((cf. Buttmann, 90 (79)); see below): John 4:36; (John 12:50); John 17:3; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; (ῤήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου, John 6:68); εἰς ζωήν αἰώνιον, unto the attainment of eternal life (cf. εἰς, B. II. 3 c. δ., p. 185a), John 4:14; John 6:27; διδόναι ζωήν αἰώνιον, John 10:28; John 17:2; 1 John 5:11; ἔχειν ζωήν αἰώνιον, John 3:15 (and John 3:16) (opposed to ἀπολλυσθαι), John 3:36; John 5:24, 39; John 6:40, 47, 54; John 20:31 L brackets; 1 John 5:13; οὐκ ἔχειν ζωήν αἰώνιον ἐν ἑαυτῷ, 1 John 3:15; (in Enoch 15:4,6 the wicked angels are said before their fall to have been spiritual and partakers of eternal and immortal life). ζωή and ζωή, without epithet, are used of the blessing of real life after the resurrection, in Matthew 7:14; John 11:25; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:20; Acts 11:18; Romans 5:17, 18 (on which see δικαίωσις, at the end); 2 Corinthians 5:4; Colossians 3:3; 2 Timothy 1:10; Titus 1:2; Titus 3:7; ζωή ἐκ νεκρῶν, life breaking forth from the abode of the dead, Romans 11:15; εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τήν ζωήν, Matthew 18:8; Matthew 19:17; Mark 9:43, 45; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς equivalent to εἰς ζωήν (2 Macc. 7:14), John 5:29 (on the genitive, cf. Winer's Grammar, 188 (177)); στέφανος τῆς ζωῆς equivalent to ζωή ὡς στέφανος, James 1:12; Revelation 2:10; ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς, the tree whose fruit gives and maintains eternal life, Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2, 14, 19 (G L T Tr WH) (cf. Genesis 2:9; Proverbs 3:18; δένδρον ζωῆς, Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12); cf. Bleek, Vorless. üb. d. Apokalypse, p. 174f; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, water the use of which serves to maintain eternal life, Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:1, 17; in the same sense ζωῆς πηγαί ὑδάτων, Revelation 7:17 G L T Tr WH; βίβλος and τό βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, the book in which the names of those are recorded to whom eternal life has been decreed: Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:12, 15; Revelation 21:27; (Revelation 22:19 Rec.; cf. Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited), more fully ὄντως (Rec. αἰώνιος) ζωή, 1 Timothy 6:19; ζωή αἰώνιος (cf. above) (Justin Martyr, de resurr. i., p. 588 c. λόγος... διδούς ἡμῖν ἐν ἑαυτῷ τήν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν καί τήν μετά ταῦτα ζωήν αἰώνιον), Matthew 25:46 (opposed to κόλασις αἰώνιος); Acts 13:46, 48; Romans 2:7; Romans 6:22; Galatians 6:8; 1 Timothy 6:12; after ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ, Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; ἔχειν ζωήν αἰώνιον Matthew 19:16; κληρονομεῖν, Matthew 19:29; Mark 10:17; Luke 10:25; Luke 18:18; εἰς ζωήν αἰώνιον, unto the attainment of life eternal, John 12:25; Romans 5:21; 1 Timothy 1:16; Jude 1:21 (Daniel 12:2; 4 Macc. 15:2; ἀενναος ζωή, 2 Macc. 7:36; ἀΐδιος ζωή, Ignatius ad Eph. 19 [ET]). Cf. Köstlin, Lehrbegriff des Ev. Johann. etc., pp. 234ff, 338ff; Reuss, Johann. Theologie (in Beiträge zu d. theol. Wissenschaften, vol. i.), p. 76ff (cf. his Hist. de la Theol. Chret., book vii., chapter xiv.); Lipsius, Paulin. Rechtfertigungslehre, pp. 152ff 185f; Güder in Herzog viii. 254 (2nd edition, 509ff); B. B. Brückner, De notione vocis ζωή in N. T. Lipsius 1858; Huther, d. Bedeut. d. Begriffe ζωή u. πιστεύειν im N. T., in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. 1872, p. 1ff (For the relations of the term to heathen conceptions cf. G. Teichmüller, Aristotle, Forsch. iii., p. 127ff) Some, as Bretschneider, Wahl, Wilke, especially Käuffer (in his book De biblica ζωῆς αἰωνίου notione. Dresd. 1838); Westcott, Epp. of St. John, p. 204 sqq., maintain that ζωή αἰώνιος everywhere even in John's writings refers to life after the resurrection; but in this way they are compelled not only to assume a prophetic use of the perfect in the saying ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου μεταβεβηκέναι εἰς τήν ζωήν (John 5:24; 1 John 3:14), but also to interpret the common phrase ἔχει ζωήν αἰώνιον as meaning he has eternal life as his certain portion though as yet only in hope, as well as to explain ζωήν αἰώνιον οὐκ ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ μένουσαν (1 John 3:15) of the hope of eternal life. (Synonym: see βίος, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
2:9; 3:14
Deuteronomy
30:15; 30:19
Psalms
33:13; 34:13; 127:5; 128:5
Proverbs
3:18; 8:35; 11:30; 12:28; 13:12
Ezekiel
37:5
Daniel
4; 12:2
Malachi
2:5
Matthew
7:14; 18:8; 19:16; 19:17; 19:29; 25:46
Mark
9:43; 9:45; 10:17; 10:30
Luke
1:75; 10:25; 12:15; 16:25; 18:18; 18:30
John
1:4; 3:15; 3:16; 3:36; 3:36; 4:14; 4:36; 5:24; 5:24; 5:24; 5:26; 5:26; 5:29; 5:39; 5:40; 6:27; 6:33; 6:35; 6:40; 6:47; 6:48; 6:51; 6:53; 6:54; 6:63; 6:68; 8:12; 10:10; 10:28; 11:25; 12:25; 12:50; 14:6; 17:2; 17:3; 20:31
Acts
2:28; 3:15; 5:20; 8:33; 11:18; 13:46; 13:48; 17:25
Romans
2:7; 5:10; 5:17; 5:18; 5:21; 6:4; 6:22; 7:10; 8:2; 8:6; 8:10; 8:38; 11:15
1 Corinthians
3:22; 15:19
2 Corinthians
2:16; 4:10; 4:12; 5:4
Galatians
6:8
Ephesians
4:18
Philippians
1:20; 2:16; 4:3
Colossians
3:3; 3:4
1 Timothy
1:16; 4:8; 6:12; 6:19
2 Timothy
1:1; 1:10
Titus
1:2; 3:7
Hebrews
7:3; 7:16
James
1:12; 4:14
1 Peter
3:7; 3:10
2 Peter
1:3
1 John
1:1; 1:2; 1:2; 2:25; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 5:11; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:16; 5:20
Jude
1:21
Revelation
2:7; 2:10; 3:5; 7:17; 11:11; 13:8; 16:3; 17:8; 20:12; 20:15; 21:6; 21:27; 22:1; 22:2; 22:14; 22:17; 22:19; 22:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2222 matches the Greek ζωή (zōē),
which occurs 134 times in 126 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 7:14–Act 2:28)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14 - Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, G2222 and few there be that find it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 G2222 halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 G2222 with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:16 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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, G2222 keep the commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:46 - And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life G2222 eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life G2222 maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, G2222 than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 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? G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 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. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:75 - In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:25 - And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15 - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life G2222 consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime G2222 receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18 - And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:30 - Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life G2222 everlasting.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:4 - In him was life; G2222 and the life G2222 was the light of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:15 - That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 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. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: G2222 and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; G2222 but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:14 - But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life G2222 eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, G2222 and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:26 - For as the Father hath life G2222 in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life G2222 in himself;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; G2222 and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:39 - Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: G2222 and they are they which testify of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:40 - And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, G2222 which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:33 - For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life G2222 unto the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: G2222 he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: G2222 and I will raise him up at the last day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:47 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:48 - I am that bread of life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:51 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life G2222 of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:53 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life G2222 in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:54 - Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; G2222 and I will raise him up at the last day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:68 - Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. G2222
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:10 - The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, G2222 and that they might have it more abundantly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 - And I give unto them eternal life; G2222 and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: G2222 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life G2222 eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:50 - And I know that his commandment is life G2222 everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: G2222 no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:2 - As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life G2222 to as many as thou hast given him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:3 - And this is life G2222 eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:31 - But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life G2222 through his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:28 - Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; G2222 thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

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