ΣΠΟΥΔΉ: σπουδή, -ῆς, ἡ [ (< σπεύδω), [in LXX chiefly for בּהל, its parts and derivatives ;] ] 1. . haste, speed: μετὰ σ. (Wi 19:2), Mk 6:25, Lk 1:39.
2. . zeal, diligence, earnestness: Ro 12:11, II Co 7:11, 12 8:7, 8; ἐν σ., Ro 12:8 (v. M, Pr, 104); seq. ὑπέρ, II Co 8:16; σπουδὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, He 6:11; σ. παρεισφέρειν, II Pe 1:5; πᾶσαν σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Ju 3 (v. MM, xxiii; M, Pr., 214; Deiss., BS, 361, 364).†