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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 140 times in 124 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 4:4–Rom 7:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 -

He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 -

As he was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died,[fn] but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:16 -

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 -

“I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He[fn] is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:63 -

But Jesus kept silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:63 -

and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:23 -

and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well[fn] and live.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:27 -

“He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:11 -

Yet, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:36 -

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:4 -

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:28 -

“You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 -

“Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 -

“But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 -

“He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to[fn] him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 -

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ” asked the men.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:23 -

“and when they didn’t find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 -

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:11 -

“Sir,” said the woman, “you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:50 -

“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what[fn] Jesus said to him and departed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 -

While he was still going down, his servants met him saying that his boy was alive.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:53 -

The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” So he himself believed, along with his whole household.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:25 -

“Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:51 -

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:57 -

“Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:58 -

“This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna[fn] your ancestors ate ​— ​and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 -

“The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 -

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:26 -

“Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:19 -

“In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 -

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 -

“He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 -

He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. He called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 -

“He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

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“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

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“For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:12 -

They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

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They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ”

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“Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 -

Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all men present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has appealed to me concerning him, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he should not live any longer.

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“They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 -

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:17 -

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[fn] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[fn]

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Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

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For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

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So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.[fn]

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And do not offer any parts[fn] of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:1 -

Since I am speaking to those who know the law, brothers and sisters, don’t you know that the law rules over someone as long as he lives?

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:2 -

For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

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So then, if she is married to another man while her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law. Then, if she is married to another man, she is not an adulteress.


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