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Lexicon :: Strong's G4710 - spoudē

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σπουδή
Transliteration
spoudē (Key)
Pronunciation
spoo-day'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 7:559,1069

Strong’s Definitions

σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

  1. haste, with haste

  2. earnestness, diligence

    1. earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything

    2. to give all diligence, interest one's self most earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.
STRONGS G4710:
σπουδή, σπωδης, ἡ (σπεύδω (which see)), from Homer down;
1. haste: μετά σπουδῆς, with haste, Mark 6:25; Luke 1:39 (Wis. 19:2; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 9, 7; Herodian, 3, 4, 1; 6, 4, 3).
2. earnestness, diligence: universally, earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything, Romans 12:11; 2 Corinthians 7:11, 12; 2 Corinthians 8:7f; ἐν σπουδή, with diligence, Romans 12:8; σπουδήν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, Hebrews 6:11; πᾶσαν σπουδήν ποιεῖσθαι (see ποιέω, I. 3, p. 525{b} bottom), to give all diligence, interest oneself most earnestly, Jude 1:3; σπουδήν παρεισφέρειν, 2 Peter 1:5; ἡ σπουδή ὑπέρ τίνος, earnest care for one, 2 Corinthians 8:16 (περί τίνος (Demosthenes, 90, 10); Diodorus 1, 75).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:25
Luke
1:39
Romans
12:8; 12:11
2 Corinthians
7:11; 7:12; 8:7; 8:16
Hebrews
6:11
2 Peter
1:5
Jude
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4710 matches the Greek σπουδή (spoudē),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - or he who is exhorting -- 'In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- 'In simplicity!' he who is leading -- 'In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- 'In cheerfulness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,
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