Zōḗ — G2222

G2222 · Greek — ζωή

Pronunciation: dzo-ay'

Definition

feminine noun

life (literally or figuratively)

  1. universally, life, i. e. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate
  2. used emphatically
    1. "of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic λόγος and to Christ" in whom the λόγος put on human nature
    2. life real and genuine, vita quae sola vita nominanda , "a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last forever"
    3. Apokalypse, p. 174f
    4. Bedeut. d. Begriffe ζωή u. πιστεύειν im N. T., in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. 1872, p. 1ff Some, as Bretschneider, Wahl, Wilke, especially Käuffer , maintain that ζωή αἰώνιος everywhere even in John's writings refers to life after the resurrection

Usually translated as

life, lifetime

Origin

from G2198

Occurrences

Zōḗ occurs 134 times in 126 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (7), Mark (4), Luke (6), John (32), Acts (8), Romans (14), 1 Corinthians (2), 2 Corinthians (5), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), Philippians (3), Colossians (2), 1 Timothy (4), 2 Timothy (2), Titus (2), Hebrews (2), James (2), 1 Peter (2), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (10), Jude (1), Revelation (15)

Strong's Lexicon — Z