ζωή

G2222 G:N-F

life

ζωή , -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω), [in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים ;] life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, which see; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus , as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus ; opposite to θάνατος); __1. of natural life : Luk.16:25 , Act.8:33 , 1Co.15:19 , 1Ti.4:8 , Heb.7:3 , Jas.4:14 ; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Gen.1:30 ), Rev.16:3 ; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom.5:10 , Heb.7:16 . __2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words , 156ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo. , 214ff.; Cremer, 272ff.): Jhn.6:51, 53 Rom.7:10 8:6, 10 Php.2:16 , Col.3:4 , 2Pe.1:3 ; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG , i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Jhn.4:36 12:50 17:3 , 1Jn.1:2 , al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Jhn.8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1Jn.1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Jo 6:35, 48 ; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom.5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Act.11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jhn.1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2Ti.1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2Pe.1:3 , al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Jas.1:12 , Rev.2:10 ; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1Pe.3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom.8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2Ti.1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jhn.5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Php.4:3 , Rev.3:5 ; ξύλον ζωῆς, Rev.2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Rev.22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10; ῥήματα, Jhn.6:63; of one who gives life, Jhn.11:25 14:6 , 1Jn.1:2 ; ἡ ἐντολή, Jhn.12:50. SYN. : see: βίος. (AS)