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zōē G2222

ζωή (zōē) means “life” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ζωή Greek · G2222 135 tagged occurrences in 127 verses

Pronunciation guide: dzo-ay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2222

ζωή · zōē · life

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.

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How translators render G2222

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
life 96
of life 29
and life 1
is alive 1
is life 1
life is at work 1
lifetime 1
living 1
new life 1
of living 1
that brings life 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
life 92
of life 31
the life 8
of 3
lifetime 1
of an 1
of the life 1
that 1

Verses containing G2222

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  1. Acts 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

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  2. Acts 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

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  3. Acts 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

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  4. Acts 13:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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  5. Acts 13:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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  6. Acts 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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  7. Romans 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

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  8. Romans 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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  9. Romans 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

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  10. Romans 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

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  11. Romans 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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  12. Romans 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

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  13. Romans 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

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  14. Romans 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  15. Romans 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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    Source alternate reference: 7.9

  16. Romans 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  17. Romans 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

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  18. Romans 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  19. Romans 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

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  20. Romans 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

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  21. 1 Corinthians 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

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  22. 1 Corinthians 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

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  23. 2 Corinthians 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

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  24. 2 Corinthians 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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  25. 2 Corinthians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

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  26. 2 Corinthians 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

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  27. 2 Corinthians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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  28. Galatians 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

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  29. Ephesians 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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  30. Philippians 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

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  31. Philippians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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  32. Philippians 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

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  33. Colossians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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  34. Colossians 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

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  35. 1 Timothy 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

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  36. 1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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  37. 1 Timothy 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

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  38. 1 Timothy 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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  39. 2 Timothy 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

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  40. 2 Timothy 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

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  41. Titus 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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  42. Titus 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

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  43. Hebrews 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

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  44. Hebrews 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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  45. James 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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  46. James 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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  47. 1 Peter 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

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  48. 1 Peter 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

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  49. 2 Peter 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

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  50. 1 John 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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