Strong's Lexicon
G2227 — ζωοποιέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2227 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ζωοποιέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G2198 and G4160 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | zoopoieo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dzo-op-oy-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to (re-)vitalize {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | make alive, give life, quicken |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζοωποιέω; ζοωποιῶ; future ζοωποιήσω; 1 aorist infinitive ζωποιησαι; passive, present ζοωποιοῦμαι; 1 future ζοωποιηθήσομαι; 1 aorist participle ζοωποιηθεις; (ζοωποιος making alive);
1. to produce alive, beget or bear living young (Aristotle, Theophrastus).
2. to cause to live, make alive, give life: τά πάντα, of God, 1Ti 6:18 R G (cf. Neh 9:6; 2Ki 5:7; Diogn., epistle 5 [ET] at the end); by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate, 2Co 3:6; Gal 3:21; to give ζωή αἰώνιος (in the Johannine sense), Joh 6:63; of the dead, to reanimate, restore to life: 1Co 15:45; τινα, Joh 5:21; Rom 4:17; Rom 8:11; passive 1Co 15:22; equivalent to to give increase of life: thus of physical life, πρῶτον τό παιδίον μέλιτι, εἶτα γάλακτι ζοωποιειται, the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 17 [ET]; of the spirit, ζοωποιηθεις πνεύματι, quickened as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life, 1Pe 3:18, on which cf. Lechler, Das apost. u. nachapost. Zeitalter, p. 182 edition 2; (Zezschwitz, De Christi ad inferos descensu (Lipsius 1857), p. 20). metaphorically (Geoponica 9, 11, 7) of seeds quickening into life, i. e. germinating, springing up, growing: 1Co 15:36. (Compare: συζοωποιέω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ζωοποιέω (make alive)
John 5:21
- KJV: For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth even so the Son quickeneth whom he will
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ ο πατήρ εγείρει τους νεκρούς και ζωοποιεί ούτως και ο υιός ους θέλει ζωοποιεί
John 6:63
- KJV: It is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you are spirit and are life
- GK: το πνεύμά εστι το ζωοποιούν η σάρξ ουκ ωφελεί ουδέν τα ρήματα α εγώ λαλώ υμίν πνεύμά εστι και ζωή εστιν
Romans 4:17
- KJV: As it is written I have made thee a father of many nations before him whom he believed God who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things which be not as though they were
- GK: καθώς γέγραπται ότι πατέρα πολλών εθνών τέθεικά σε κατέναντι ου επίστευσε θεού του ζωοποιούντος τους νεκρούς και καλούντος τα μη όντα ως όντα
Romans 8:11
- KJV: 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 your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you
- GK: ει δε το πνεύμα του εγείραντος Ιησούν εκ νεκρών οικεί εν υμίν ο εγείρας τον χριστόν εκ νεκρών ζωοποιήσει και το θνητά σώματα υμών διά το ενοικούντος αυτού πνεύματος εν υμίν
1 Corinthians 15:22
- KJV: For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ εν τω Αδάμ πάντες αποθνήσκουσιν ούτω και εν τω χριστώ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται
1 Corinthians 15:36
- KJV: fool that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die
- GK: άφρον συ ο σπείρεις ου ζωοποιείται εάν μη αποθάνη
1 Corinthians 15:45
- KJV: And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam a quickening spirit
- GK: ούτω και γέγραπται εγένετο ο πρώτος άνθρωπος Αδάμ εις ψυχήν ζώσαν ο έσχατος Αδάμ εις πνεύμα ζωοποιούν
2 Corinthians 3:6
- KJV: 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
- GK: ος και ικάνωσεν ημάς διακόνους καινής διαθήκης ου γράμματος αλλά πνεύματος το γαρ γράμμα αποκτείνει το δε πνεύμα ζωοποιεί
Galatians 3:21
- KJV: the law then against the promises of God God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the law
- GK: ο ουν νόμος κατά των επαγγελιών του θεού μη γένοιτο ει γαρ εδόθη νόμος ο δυνάμενος ζωοποιήσαι όντως αν εκ νόμου ην η δικαιοσύνη
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