Definition
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: Luke 16:25, Acts 8:33, 1 Corinthians 15:19, 1 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 7:3, James 4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Revelation 11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Genesis 1:30), Revelation 16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Romans 5:10, Hebrews 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.): John 6:51, 53, Romans 7:10; 8:6, 10, Philippians 2:16, Colossians 3:4, 2 Peter 1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), John 4:36; 12:50; 17:3, 1 John 1:2, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., John 8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1 John 1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., John 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Romans 5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Acts 11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, John 1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2 Timothy 1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2 Peter 1:3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., James 1:12, Revelation 2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1 Peter 3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Romans 8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2 Timothy 1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, John 5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Revelation 2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Revelation 22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Romans 8:10; ῥήματα, John 6:63; of one who gives life, John 11:25; 14:6, 1 John 1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, John 12:50.
Synonyms: see: βίος.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
135 total
- Matthew 7:14ζωήν · lifeBut small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Matthew 18:8ζωὴν · lifeIf your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- Matthew 18:9ζωὴν · lifeAnd if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
- Matthew 19:16ζωὴν · lifeJust then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
- Matthew 19:17ζωὴν · life“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- Matthew 19:29ζωὴν · lifeAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Matthew 25:46ζωὴν · lifeAnd they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Mark 9:43ζωὴν · lifeIf your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- Mark 9:45ζωὴν · lifeIf your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
- Mark 10:17ζωὴν · lifeAs Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Mark 10:30ζωὴν · life…will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
- Luke 10:25ζωὴν · lifeOne day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Luke 12:15ζωὴ · lifeAnd He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 16:25ζωῇ · lifetimeBut Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Luke 18:18ζωὴν · lifeThen a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Luke 18:30ζωὴν · life…will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
- John 1:4ζωὴ · life; ζωὴ · lifeIn Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- John 3:15ζωὴν · life…that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 3:16ζωὴν · lifeFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:36ζωὴν · life; ζωήν · lifeWhoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 4:14ζωὴν · lifeBut whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 4:36ζωὴν · lifeAlready the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
- John 5:24ζωὴν · life; ζωήν · lifeTruly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 5:26ζωὴν · life; ζωὴν · lifeFor as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 5:29ζωῆς · of life…and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- John 5:39ζωὴν · lifeYou pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 5:40ζωὴν · life…yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- John 6:27ζωὴν · lifeDo not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- John 6:33ζωὴν · lifeFor the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- John 6:35ζωῆς · of lifeJesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- John 6:40ζωὴν · lifeFor it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:47ζωὴν · lifeTruly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- John 6:48ζωῆς · of lifeI am the bread of life.
- John 6:51ζωῆς · lifeI am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
- John 6:53ζωὴν · lifeSo Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- John 6:54ζωὴν · lifeWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:63ζωή · lifeThe Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- John 6:68ζωῆς · lifeSimon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 8:12ζωῆς · of lifeOnce again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 10:10ζωὴν · lifeThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- John 10:28ζωὴν · lifeI give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 11:25ζωή · lifeJesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 12:25ζωὴν · lifeWhoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- John 12:50ζωὴ · lifeAnd I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
- John 14:6ζωή · lifeJesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 17:2ζωὴν · lifeFor You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.