- ζάω
- to live
- ζάω
- I live
- I live, am alive.
- ζάω
- to live (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primary verb;KJV Usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
- ζάω
- to live
- G:V
- ζάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for חיה (most freq. ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי ;]
__1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12):; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, Act.17:28; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Php.1:21; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Heb.2:15; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal.2:20; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal.2:20; (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases,Refs
Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a),Refs
Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ (חַי־אָנִי, Num.14:21, al.), as I live, Rom.14:11; ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ, Mat.4:4, al.; ἐκ, 1Co.9:14; of coming to life,Refs
Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Rev.7:2, al.; opp. to νεκρός,Refs
Mrk.16:[11], Rom.6:10 14:9, 2Co.13:4; metaph., Luk.15:32; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.6:13; of the spiritual life of Christians,Refs
Rev.1:18 2:8; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα,Refs
Luk.10:28, Jhn.5:25, Rom.1:17 8:13; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1Th.5:10; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Rev.3:1.Refs
Jhn.6:51, 58
__2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life:; ἐν πίστει, Gal.2:20; ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:2; εὐσεβῶς, 2Ti.3:12; ἀσώτως, Luk.15:13; with dative (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes, 164),Refs
Luk.2:36, Act.26:5, Rom.7:9, Col.2:20; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ,Refs
Rom.14:7, 2Co.5:15; τ. Χριστῷ, 2Co.5:15; τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.2:24; πνεύματι, Gal.5:25; κατὰ σάρκα,Refs
Luk.20:38, Rom.6:10, 11 Gal.2:19;Refs
Rom.8:12, 13
__3. Of inanimate things, metaph.: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opp. to still water), in a spiritual sense,(DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1Pe.1:3; ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Heb.10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721).Refs
Jhn.4:10, 11 7:38
(AS)
1) to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead)
2) to enjoy real life
2a) to have true life and worthy of the name
2b) active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God
3) to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting
3a) of mortals or character
4) living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul
5) metaph. to be in full vigour
5a) to be fresh, strong, efficient,
5b) as adj. active, powerful, efficacious
2) to enjoy real life
2a) to have true life and worthy of the name
2b) active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God
3) to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting
3a) of mortals or character
4) living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul
5) metaph. to be in full vigour
5a) to be fresh, strong, efficient,
5b) as adj. active, powerful, efficacious
ζάω
zaō
dzah'-o
A primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: life (-time), (a-) live (-ly), quick.