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Lexicon :: Strong's G2225 - zōogoneō

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ζῳογονέω
Transliteration
zōogoneō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo-og-on-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ζῷον (G2226) and a derivative of γίνομαι (G1096)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:873,290

Strong’s Definitions

†ζωογονέω zōogonéō, dzo-og-on-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and a derivative of G1096; to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death:—live, preserve.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2225 in the following manner: preserve (1x), live (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2225 in the following manner: preserve (1x), live (1x).

  1. to bring forth alive

  2. to give life

  3. to preserve alive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ζωογονέω zōogonéō, dzo-og-on-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and a derivative of G1096; to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death:—live, preserve.
STRONGS G2225:
ζωογονέω, -ῶ; future ζωογονήσω; present infinitive passive ζωογονεῖσθαι; (from ζωογόνος viviparous, and this from ζωός and ΓΕΝΩ);
1. properly, to bring forth alive (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Lucian, Plutarch, others).
2. to give life (Theophrastus, de caus. pl. 4, 15, 4; Ath. 7, p. 298 c.): τὰ πάντα, of God, 1 Timothy 6:13 L T Tr WH, [(1 Samuel 2:6)].
3. in the Bible to preserve alive: τὴν ψυχήν, Luke 17:33; passive Acts 7:19.
(For הֶחֱיָה, Exodus 1:17; Judges 8:19; [1 Samuel 27:9, 11; 1 Kings 21:31 (1 Kings 20:31)].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
1:17
Judges
8:19
1 Samuel
2:6; 27:9; 27:11
1 Kings
20:31
Luke
17:33
Acts
7:19
1 Timothy
6:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2225 matches the Greek ζῳογονέω (zōogoneō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews[fn] you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - The LORD kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, “lest they should tell about us and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.”
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