Zōopoiéō — G2227

Definition

verb

to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)

1. to produce alive, beget or bear living young (Aristotle, Theophrastus)
2. to cause to live, make alive, give life

Usually translated as

give life, make alive, quicken

Origin

from the same as G2226 and G4160

• zōon (G2226)
• poiéō (G4160)

Occurrences

Zōopoiéō occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: John (2), Romans (2), 1 Corinthians (3), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)

• John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth (ζῳοποιεῖ) them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth (ζῳοποιεῖ) whom he will.
• John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth (ζῳοποιοῦν); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• Romans 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth (ζῳοποιοῦντος) the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
• Romans 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (ζῳοποιήσει) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22 — For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (ζῳοποιηθήσονται).
• 1 Corinthians 15:36 — Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened (ζῳοποιεῖται), except it die:
• 1 Corinthians 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening (ζῳοποιοῦν) spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life (ζῳοποιεῖ).
• Galatians 3:21 — Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life (ζῳοποιῆσαι), verily righteousness should have been by the law.
• 1 Timothy 6:13 — I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth (ζῳοποιοῦντος) all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened (ζῳοποιηθεὶς) by the Spirit: