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zaō G2198

ζάω (zaō) means “to live” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ζάω Greek · G2198 139 tagged occurrences in 123 verses

Pronunciation guide: dzah'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2198

ζάω · zaō · to live

ζάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי ;] 1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12): Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, Act.17:28; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Php.1:21; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Heb.2:15; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal.2:20; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal.2:20; (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Rev.7:2, al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ (חַי־אָנִי, Num.14:21, al.), as I live, Rom.14:11; ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ, Mat.4:4, al.; ἐκ, 1Co.9:14; of coming to life, Mrk.16:[11], Rom.6:10 14:9, 2Co.13:4; opposite to νεκρός, Rev.1:18 2:8; metaphorically, Luk.15:32; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.6:13; of the spiritual life of Christians, Luk.10:28, Jhn.5:25, Rom.1:17 8:13; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.6:51, 58; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1Th.5:10; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Rev.3:1. 2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life: Luk.2:36, Act.26:5, Rom.7:9, Col.2:20; ἐν πίστει, Gal.2:20; ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:2; εὐσεβῶς, 2Ti.3:12; ἀσώτως, Luk.15:13; with dative (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes, 164), Rom.14:7, 2Co.5:15; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.20:38, Rom.6:10, 11 Gal.2:19; τ. Χριστῷ, 2Co.5:15; τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.2:24; πνεύματι, Gal.5:25; κατὰ σάρκα, Rom.8:12, 13; 3. Of inanimate things, metaphorically: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opposite to still water), in a spiritual sense, Jhn.4:10, 11 7:38 (DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1Pe.1:3; ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Heb.10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I live, am alive.

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How translators render G2198

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
will live 12
live 11
living 11
the living 11
of the living 10
lives 9
alive 6
to live 6
he lives 5
we live 5
was alive 3
a living 2
are alive 2
i live 2
returned to life 2
shall not live 2
we will live 2
you will live 2
and live 1
and to live 1
as living 1
as long as he lives 1
being alive 1
come back to life 1
even while she is still alive 1
had lived 1
he is still alive 1
he lives on 1
he was alive 1
he will live 1
home alive 1
i go on living 1
i lived as 1
i might live 1
is alive again 1
is living 1
is still alive 1
jesus was alive 1
life 1
living one 1
of living 1
she had been married 1
she will live 1
should receive their living 1
that he was alive 1
they came to life 1
to be alive 1
to life 1
we can go on living 1
we live on 1
we may live 1
we might live 1
you live 1
you lived 1
you still belonged 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
living 18
live 12
liveth 11
shall live 9
alive 7
of the living 6
the living 6
he liveth 5
we live 5
to live 4
i live 3
should live 3
him that liveth 2
shall 2
she shall live 2
the quick 2
was alive 2
we should live 2
which are alive 2
which live 2
a lively 1
a living 1
and had lived 1
did live 1
he shall live 1
he that liveth 1
he was alive 1
i 1
i lived 1
i might live 1
is alive 1
lifetime 1
lively 1
livest 1
of life 1
of quick 1
quick 1
seeing he 1
shall he live 1
shall we 1
should 1
so long as he liveth 1
that liveth 1
the lively 1
they lived 1
those that are alive 1
thou livest 1
thou shalt live 1
to be alive 1
we 1
we might live 1
we shall live 1
which liveth 1
while 1
while he was 1
while she liveth 1
who liveth 1
ye live 1
ye lived 1
ye shall live 1

Verses containing G2198

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  1. Hebrews 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

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  2. Hebrews 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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  3. James 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

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  4. 1 Peter 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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  5. 1 Peter 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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  6. 1 Peter 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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  7. 1 Peter 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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  8. 1 Peter 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  9. 1 Peter 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

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  10. 1 Peter 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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  11. 1 John 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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  12. Revelation 1:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

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  13. Revelation 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

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  14. Revelation 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

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  15. Revelation 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

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  16. Revelation 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

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  17. Revelation 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

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  18. Revelation 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

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  19. Revelation 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

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  20. Revelation 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

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  21. Revelation 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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  22. Revelation 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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  23. Revelation 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.

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