ζάω

zaō

Greek G2198 Verb 140 occurrences in 124 verses
ζάω to live

ζάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently 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): Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; 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, Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Rev.7:2, 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, Mrk.16:[11], Rom.6:10 14:9, 2Co.13:4; opposite to νεκρός, Rev.1:18 2:8; metaphorically, Luk.15:32; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.6:13; of the spiritual life of Christians, Luk.10:28, Jhn.5:25, Rom.1:17 8:13; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.6:51, 58; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1Th.5:10; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Rev.3:1.

2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life: Luk.2:36, Act.26:5, Rom.7:9, Col.2:20; 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), Rom.14:7, 2Co.5:15; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.20:38, Rom.6:10, 11 Gal.2:19; τ. Χριστῷ, 2Co.5:15; τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.2:24; πνεύματι, Gal.5:25; κατὰ σάρκα, Rom.8:12, 13;

3. Of inanimate things, metaphorically: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opposite to still water), in a spiritual sense, Jhn.4:10, 11 7:38 (DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1Pe.1:3; ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Heb.10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721).

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Concordance 124 verses

  1. Romans 7:9 ἔζων

    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

  2. Romans 8:12 ζῆν

    Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

  3. Romans 8:13 ζῆτεζήσεσθε

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  4. Romans 9:26 ζῶντος

    and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

  5. Romans 10:5 ζήσεται

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

  6. Romans 12:1 ζῶσαν

    Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

  7. For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

  8. Romans 14:8 ζῶμενζῶμενζῶμεν

    If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

  9. Romans 14:9 ἔζησενζώντων

    For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

  10. It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

  11. A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

  12. In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

  13. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

  14. We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

  15. 2 Corinthians 3:3 ζῶντος

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

  16. 2 Corinthians 4:11 ζῶντες

    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

  17. 2 Corinthians 5:15 ζῶντεςζῶσιν

    And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

  18. 2 Corinthians 6:9 ζῶμεν

    as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;

  19. 2 Corinthians 6:16 ζῶντος

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

  20. 2 Corinthians 13:4 ζῇζήσομεν

    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.

  21. When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

  22. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

  23. Galatians 2:20 ζῶζῇζῶζῶ

    I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

  24. Galatians 3:11 ζήσεται

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

  25. Galatians 3:12 ζήσεται

    The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

  26. Galatians 5:25 ζῶμεν

    Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

  27. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

  28. But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

  29. Colossians 2:20 ζῶντες

    If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

  30. Colossians 3:7 ἐζῆτε

    When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.

  31. For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

  32. For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

  33. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 ζῶντες

    By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

  34. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ζῶντες

    After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

  35. 1 Thessalonians 5:10 ζήσωμεν

    He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  36. 1 Timothy 3:15 ζῶντος

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

  37. 1 Timothy 4:10 ζῶντι

    To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

  38. 1 Timothy 5:6 ζῶσα

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

  39. Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

  40. 2 Timothy 4:1 ζῶντας

    I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

  41. Titus 2:12 ζήσωμεν

    It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

  42. Hebrews 2:15 ζῆν

    and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  43. Hebrews 3:12 ζῶντος

    See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

  44. Hebrews 4:12 Ζῶν

    For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

  45. In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.

  46. Hebrews 7:25 ζῶν

    Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

  47. Hebrews 9:14 ζῶντι

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

  48. because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

  49. Hebrews 10:20 ζῶσαν

    by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

  50. Hebrews 10:31 ζῶντος

    It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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