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Lexicon :: Strong's G2227 - zōopoieō

Aa
ζῳοποιέω
Transliteration
zōopoieō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo-op-oy-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ζῷον (G2226) and ποιέω (G4160)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:874,290

Strong’s Definitions

†ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō, dzo-op-oy-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively):—make alive, give life, quicken.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2227 in the following manner: quicken (9x), give life (2x), make alive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2227 in the following manner: quicken (9x), give life (2x), make alive (1x).

  1. to produce alive, begat or bear living young

  2. to cause to live, make alive, give life

    1. by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate

    2. to restore to life

    3. to give increase of life: thus of physical life

    4. of the spirit, quickening as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life

  3. metaph., of seeds quickened into life, i.e. germinating, springing up, growing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō, dzo-op-oy-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively):—make alive, give life, quicken.
STRONGS G2227:
ζωοποιέω; -ῶ; future ζωοποιήσω; 1 aorist infinitive ζωοποιῆσαι; passive, present ζωοποιοῦμαι; 1 future ζωοποιηθήσομαι; 1 aorist participle ζωοποιηθείς; (ζωοποιός making alive);
1. to produce alive, beget or bear living young, (Aristotle, Theophrastus).
2. to cause to live, make alive, give life: τὰ πάντα, of God, 1 Timothy 6:13 R G [cf. Nehemiah 9:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Diognetus, epistle 5 at the end]; by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate, 2 Corinthians 3:6; Galatians 3:21; to give ζωὴ αἰώνιος (in the Johannean sense), John 6:63; of the dead, to reanimate, restore to life: 1 Corinthians 15:45; τινά, John 5:21; Romans 4:17; Romans 8:11; passive 1 Corinthians 15:22; equivalent to to give increase of life: thus of physical life, πρῶτον τὸ παιδίον μέλιτι, εἶτα γάλακτι ζωοποιεῖται, the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 17; of the spirit, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι, quickened as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life, 1 Peter 3:18, on which cf. Lechler, Das apost. u. nachapost. Zeitalter, p. 182 edition 2; [Zezschwitz, De Christi ad inferos descensu (Lipsius 1857), p. 20]. metaphorically (Geoponica 9, 11, 7) of seeds quickening into life, i. e. germinating, springing up, growing: 1 Corinthians 15:36.
[Compare: συζωοποιέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
5:7
Nehemiah
9:6
John
5:21; 6:63
Romans
4:17; 8:11
1 Corinthians
15:22; 15:36; 15:45
2 Corinthians
3:6
Galatians
3:21
1 Timothy
6:13
1 Peter
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2227 matches the Greek ζῳοποιέω (zōopoieō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:22 - For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:45 - And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
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