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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - And she came in immediately with haste 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 - In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads,[fn] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,[fn] serve the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves 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 one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you[fn]—see that you excel in this act of grace also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,[fn] and virtue with knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
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