G2198: ζάω
záō · “to live”
Definition
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick
Word origin: a primary verb;
Extended definition
[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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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2198 is translated
- living ×25
- will live ×6
- is living ×6
- to live ×6
- the living, ×5
- living. ×4
- lives. ×3
- will live. ×3
- the living. ×3
- we live, ×3
- i live ×3
- living; ×2
Bible verses with G2198 (záō)
Záō appears in 127 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 9:18
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
- Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
- Matthew 26:63
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
- Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Mark 5:23
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
- Mark 16:11
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
- Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
- Luke 4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
- Luke 10:28
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
- Luke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- Luke 15:32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
- Luke 20:38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- Luke 24:5
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
- Luke 24:23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
- John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- John 4:11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- John 4:50
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
- John 4:51
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
- John 4:53
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
- John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
- John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
All 127 references
- John 6:58
- John 6:69
- John 7:38
- John 11:25
- John 11:26
- John 14:19
- Acts 1:3
- Acts 7:38
- Acts 9:41
- Acts 10:42
- Acts 14:15
- Acts 17:28
- Acts 20:12
- Acts 22:22
- Acts 25:19
- Acts 25:24
- Acts 26:5
- Acts 28:4
- Romans 1:17
- Romans 6:2
- Romans 6:10
- Romans 6:11
- Romans 6:13
- Romans 7:1
- Romans 7:2
- Romans 7:3
- Romans 7:9
- Romans 8:12
- Romans 8:13
- Romans 9:26
- Romans 10:5
- Romans 12:1
- Romans 14:7
- Romans 14:8
- Romans 14:9
- Romans 14:11
- 1 Corinthians 7:39
- 1 Corinthians 9:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
- 2 Corinthians 1:8
- 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 2 Corinthians 4:11
- 2 Corinthians 5:15
- 2 Corinthians 6:9
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
- 2 Corinthians 13:4
- Galatians 2:14
- Galatians 2:19
- Galatians 2:20
- Galatians 3:11
- Galatians 3:12
- Galatians 5:25
- Philippians 1:21
- Philippians 1:22
- Colossians 2:20
- Colossians 3:7
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9
- 1 Thessalonians 3:8
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
- 1 Timothy 3:15
- 1 Timothy 4:10
- 1 Timothy 5:6
- 1 Timothy 6:17
- 2 Timothy 3:12
- 2 Timothy 4:1
- Titus 2:12
- Hebrews 2:15
- Hebrews 3:12
- Hebrews 4:12
- Hebrews 7:8
- Hebrews 7:25
- Hebrews 9:14
- Hebrews 9:17
- Hebrews 10:20
- Hebrews 10:31
- Hebrews 10:38
- Hebrews 12:9
- Hebrews 12:22
- James 4:15
- 1 Peter 1:3
- 1 Peter 1:23
- 1 Peter 2:4
- 1 Peter 2:5
- 1 Peter 2:24
- 1 Peter 4:5
- 1 Peter 4:6
- 1 John 4:9
- Revelation 1:18
- Revelation 2:8
- Revelation 3:1
- Revelation 4:9
- Revelation 4:10
- Revelation 5:14
- Revelation 7:2
- Revelation 10:6
- Revelation 13:14
- Revelation 15:7
- Revelation 19:20
- Revelation 20:4
- Revelation 20:5