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Lexicon :: Strong's G4710 - spoudē

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σπουδή
Transliteration
spoudē (Key)
Pronunciation
spoo-day'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 7:559,1069

Strong’s Definitions

σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

  1. haste, with haste

  2. earnestness, diligence

    1. earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything

    2. to give all diligence, interest one's self most earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.
STRONGS G4710:
σπουδή, σπωδης, ἡ (σπεύδω (which see)), from Homer down;
1. haste: μετά σπουδῆς, with haste, Mark 6:25; Luke 1:39 (Wis. 19:2; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 9, 7; Herodian, 3, 4, 1; 6, 4, 3).
2. earnestness, diligence: universally, earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything, Romans 12:11; 2 Corinthians 7:11, 12; 2 Corinthians 8:7f; ἐν σπουδή, with diligence, Romans 12:8; σπουδήν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, Hebrews 6:11; πᾶσαν σπουδήν ποιεῖσθαι (see ποιέω, I. 3, p. 525{b} bottom), to give all diligence, interest oneself most earnestly, Jude 1:3; σπουδήν παρεισφέρειν, 2 Peter 1:5; ἡ σπουδή ὑπέρ τίνος, earnest care for one, 2 Corinthians 8:16 (περί τίνος (Demosthenes, 90, 10); Diodorus 1, 75).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:25
Luke
1:39
Romans
12:8; 12:11
2 Corinthians
7:11; 7:12; 8:7; 8:16
Hebrews
6:11
2 Peter
1:5
Jude
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4710 matches the Greek σπουδή (spoudē),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - Immediately she came in a hurry G4710 to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 -

Now [fn]at this time Mary set out and went in a hurry G4710 to the hill country, to a city of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - or the one who [fn]exhorts, in the work of [fn]exhortation; the one who gives, with [fn]generosity; the one who [fn]is in leadership, with diligence G4710; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - not lagging behind in diligence G4710, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For behold what earnestness G4710 this very thing, this [fn]godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness G4710 in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 -

But just as you excel in everything, in faith, speaking, knowledge, and in all earnestness G4710 and in the [fn]love we inspired in you, see that you also excel in this gracious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I am not saying this as a command, but as proving, through the earnestness G4710 of others, the sincerity of your love as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 -

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness G4710 in your behalf in the heart of Titus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence G4710 [fn]so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence G4710, in your faith supply moral [fn]excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 -

Beloved, while I was making every effort G4710 to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all time handed down to the [fn]saints.

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