G2227: ζωοποιέω
zōopoiéō · “to make alive”
Definition
to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: make alive, give life, quicken
Word origin: from the same as G2226 (ζῶον) and G4160 (ποιέω);
Extended definition
[in LXX for חָיָה pi., hi., Jdg.21:14, 4Ki.5:7, Neh.9:6, Job.36:6, Psa.70:20, Ecc.7:12 * ;]
1. in cl. (= ζωογονέω), to produce alive.
2. In LXX and NT, to make alive, cause to live, quicken (DCG, ii, 606a; Cremer, 275): Jhn.5:21 6:53, Rom.4:17 8:11, 1Co.15:45, 2Co.3:6, Gal.3:21. Pass., 1Co.15:22 15:36, 1Pe.3:18.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2227 is translated
- gives life. ×2
- gives life, ×1
- giving life, ×1
- is giving life ×1
- will give life ×1
- will be made alive. ×1
- does come to life ×1
- life-giving. ×1
- to impart life, ×1
- having been made alive ×1
Bible verses with G2227 (zōopoiéō)
Zōopoiéō appears in 10 verses.
- John 5:21
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
- John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- Romans 4:17
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
- Romans 8:11
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.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 15:36
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6
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.
- Galatians 3:21
Is 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.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: