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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 saved the male children alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born[fn] you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - ‘to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - “The LORD kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - Whenever David attacked the land, he left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - David would save neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, “Lest they should inform on us, saying, ‘Thus David did.’ ” And thus was his behavior all the time he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around 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, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”
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