Strong's Lexicon
G2210 — ζημιόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2210 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ζημιόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2209 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | zemioo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dzay-mee-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to injure 2. (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment |
| KJV Renderings: | be cast away, receive damage, lose, suffer loss |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζημιόω, ζημιω: (ζημία), to affect with damage, do damage to: τινα ((Thucydides), Xenophon, Plato); in the N. T. only in the passive, future ζημιωθήσομαι ((Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 12, others; but as often) in secular authors (future middle) ζημιώσομαι in passive sense; cf. Krüger, § 39, 11 Anm.; Kühner, on Xenophon, mem. as above; (Liddell and Scott, under the word; Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist ἐζημιώθην; absolutely, to sustain damage, to receive injury, suffer loss: 1Co 3:15; ἐν τίνι ἐκ τίνος, in a thing from one, 2Co 7:9; with the accusative of the thing: (one from whom another is taken away (as a penalty) by death, is said τήν ψυχήν τίνος ζημιουσθαι, Herodotus 7, 39), τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ, to forfeit his life, i. e. according to the context, eternal life, Mat 16:26; Mar 8:36, for which Luke, in Luk 9:25, ἑαυτόν i. e. himself, by being shut out from the everlasting kingdom of God. πάντα ἐζημιώθην, reflexive (yet see Meyer), I forfeited, gave up all things, I decided to suffer the loss of all these ((?)) things, Php 3:8.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ζημιόω (be cast away)
Matthew 16:26
- KJV: For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul
- GK: τι ωφεληείται άνθρωπος εάν τον κόσμον όλον κερδήση την δε ψυχήν αυτού ζημιωθή η τι δώσει άνθρωπος αντάλλαγμα της ψυχής αυτού
Mark 8:36
- KJV: For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul
- GK: τι γαρ ωφελήσει άνθρωπον εάν κερδήση τον κόσμον όλον και ζημιωθή την ψυχήν αυτού
Luke 9:25
- KJV: For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away
- GK: τι γαρ ωφελείται άνθρωπος κερδήσας τον κόσμον όλον εαυτόν δε απολέσας η ζημιωθείς
1 Corinthians 3:15
- KJV: If any man’s work shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire
- GK: ει το έργον κατακαήσεται ζημιωθήσεται αυτός δε σωθήσεται ούτως δε ως διά πυρός
2 Corinthians 7:9
- KJV: Now I rejoice not that ye were made sorry but that ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receive damage by us in nothing
- GK: νυν χαίρω ουχ ότι ελυπήθητε αλλ΄ ότι ελυπήθητε εις μετάνοιαν ελυπήθητε γαρ κατά θεόν ίνα εν μηδενί ζημίωθητε εξ ημών
Philippians 3:8
- KJV: Yea doubtless and I count all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count dung that I may win Christ
- GK: αλλά μενούνγε και ηγούμαι πάντα ζημίαν είναι διά το υπερέχον της γνώσεως χριστού Ιησού του κυρίου μου δι΄ ον τα πάντα εζημιώθην και ηγούμαι σκύβαλα είναι ίνα χριστόν κερδήσω
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