ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω), [in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים ;] life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, which see; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus, as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus; opposite to θάνατος); 1. of natural life: Luk.16:25, Act.8:33, 1Co.15:19, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.7:3, Jas.4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Gen.1:30), Rev.16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom.5:10, Heb.7:16. 2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words, 156ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo., 214ff.; Cremer, 272ff.): Jhn.6:51, 53 Rom.7:10 8:6, 10 Php.2:16, Col.3:4, 2Pe.1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Jhn.4:36 12:50 17:3, 1Jn.1:2, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Jhn.8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1Jn.1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Jo 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom.5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Act.11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jhn.1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2Ti.1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2Pe.1:3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Jas.1:12, Rev.2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1Pe.3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom.8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2Ti.1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jhn.5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Rev.2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Rev.22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10; ῥήματα, Jhn.6:63; of one who gives life, Jhn.11:25 14:6, 1Jn.1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, Jhn.12:50. SYN.: see: βίος. (AS)
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G2222 — ζωή
zōē · life · Greek
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Matthew 7:14 · ζωήν,How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.Matthew 18:8 · ζωὴνIf your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.Matthew 18:9 · ζωὴνIf your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.Matthew 19:16 · ζωὴνBehold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”Matthew 19:17 · ζωὴνHe said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Matthew 19:29 · ζωὴνEveryone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.Matthew 25:46 · ζωὴνThese will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”Mark 9:43 · ζωὴνIf your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,Mark 9:45 · ζωὴνIf your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—Mark 10:17 · ζωὴνAs he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”Mark 10:30 · ζωὴνbut he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.Luke 10:25 · ζωὴνBehold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”Luke 12:15 · ζωὴHe said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”Luke 16:25 · ζωῇ“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.Luke 18:18 · ζωὴνA certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”Luke 18:30 · ζωὴνwho will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”John 1:4 · ζωὴ · ζωὴIn him was life, and the life was the light of men.John 3:15 · ζωὴνthat whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.John 3:16 · ζωὴνFor God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.John 3:36 · ζωὴν · ζωήν,One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”John 4:14 · ζωὴνbut whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”John 4:36 · ζωὴνHe who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.John 5:24 · ζωὴν · ζωήν.¶“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.John 5:26 · ζωὴν · ζωὴνFor as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.John 5:29 · ζωῆς,and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.John 5:39 · ζωὴν“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.John 5:40 · ζωὴνYet you will not come to me, that you may have life.John 6:27 · ζωὴνDon’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”John 6:33 · ζωὴνFor the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”John 6:35 · ζωῆς·Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.John 6:40 · ζωὴνThis is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”John 6:47 · ζωὴνMost certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.John 6:48 · ζωῆς.I am the bread of life.John 6:51 · ζωῆς.¶I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”John 6:53 · ζωὴνJesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.John 6:54 · ζωὴνHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.John 6:63 · ζωήIt is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.John 6:68 · ζωῆςSimon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.John 8:12 · ζωῆς.¶Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 10:10 · ζωὴνThe thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.John 10:28 · ζωὴνI give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.John 11:25 · ζωή·Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.John 12:25 · ζωὴνHe who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.John 12:50 · ζωὴI know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”John 14:6 · ζωή.Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.John 17:2 · ζωὴνeven as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.John 17:3 · ζωὴThis is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.John 20:31 · ζωὴνbut these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.Acts 2:28 · ζωῆς,You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’Acts 3:15 · ζωῆςand killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.Acts 5:20 · ζωῆς“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”Acts 8:33 · ζωὴIn his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”Acts 11:18 · ζωὴνWhen they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”Acts 13:46 · ζωῆς,Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.Acts 13:48 · ζωὴνAs the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.Acts 17:25 · ζωὴνneither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.Romans 2:7 · ζωὴνto those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;Romans 5:10 · ζωῇFor if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.Romans 5:17 · ζωῇFor if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.Romans 5:18 · ζωῆς.So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.Romans 5:21 · ζωὴνthat as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 6:4 · ζωῆςWe were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.Romans 6:22 · ζωὴνBut now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.Romans 6:23 · ζωὴFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 7:10 · ζωὴνThe commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;Romans 8:2 · ζωῆςFor the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.Romans 8:6 · ζωὴFor the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;Romans 8:10 · ζωὴIf Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.Romans 8:38 · ζωὴFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,Romans 11:15 · ζωὴFor if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?1 Corinthians 3:22 · ζωὴwhether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,1 Corinthians 15:19 · ζωῇIf we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.2 Corinthians 2:16 · ζωῆς · ζωήν.to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?2 Corinthians 4:10 · ζωὴalways carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.2 Corinthians 4:11 · ζωὴFor we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.2 Corinthians 4:12 · ζωὴSo then death works in us, but life in you.2 Corinthians 5:4 · ζωῆς.¶For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.Galatians 6:8 · ζωὴνFor he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.Ephesians 4:18 · ζωῆςbeing darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;Philippians 1:20 · ζωῆςaccording to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.Philippians 2:16 · ζωῆςholding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.Philippians 4:3 · ζωῆς.¶Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.Colossians 3:3 · ζωὴFor you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.Colossians 3:4 · ζωὴWhen Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.1 Timothy 1:16 · ζωὴνHowever, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.1 Timothy 4:8 · ζωῆςFor bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.1 Timothy 6:12 · ζωῆςFight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.1 Timothy 6:19 · ζωῆς.¶laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.2 Timothy 1:1 · ζωῆςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,2 Timothy 1:10 · ζωὴνbut has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.Titus 1:2 · ζωῆςin hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;Titus 3:7 · ζωῆςthat, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.Hebrews 7:3 · ζωῆςwithout father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.Hebrews 7:16 · ζωῆςwho has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:James 1:12 · ζωῆςBlessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.James 4:14 · ζωὴWhereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.1 Peter 3:7 · ζωῆςYou husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.1 Peter 3:10 · ζωὴνFor, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.2 Peter 1:3 · ζωὴνseeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;1 John 1:1 · ζωῆς·That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life1 John 1:2 · ζωὴ · ζωὴν(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);1 John 2:25 · ζωὴνThis is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.1 John 3:14 · ζωήν,We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.1 John 3:15 · ζωὴνWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.1 John 5:11 · ζωὴν · ζωὴThe testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.1 John 5:12 · ζωήν· · ζωὴνHe who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.1 John 5:13 · ζωὴνThese things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.1 John 5:16 · ζωήν,If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.1 John 5:20 · ζωὴWe know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.Jude 1:21 · ζωὴνKeep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.Revelation 2:7 · ζωῆςHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.Revelation 2:10 · ζωῆς.Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.Revelation 3:5 · ζωῆςHe who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.Revelation 7:17 · ζωῆςfor the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”Revelation 11:11 · ζωῆςAfter the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.Revelation 13:8 · ζωῆςAll who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.Revelation 16:3 · ζωῆςThe second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.Revelation 17:8 · ζωῆςThe beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.Revelation 20:12 · ζωῆς.I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.Revelation 20:15 · ζωῆςIf anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.Revelation 21:6 · ζωῆςHe said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.Revelation 21:27 · ζωῆςThere will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.Revelation 22:1 · ζωῆς,He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,Revelation 22:2 · ζωῆςin the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.Revelation 22:14 · ζωῆς,Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.Revelation 22:17 · ζωῆςThe Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.Revelation 22:19 · ζωῆςIf anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.