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Lexicon :: Strong's G2227 - zōopoieō

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ζῳοποιέω
Transliteration
zōopoieō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo-op-oy-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ζῷον (G2226) and ποιέω (G4160)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:874,290

Strong’s Definitions

†ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō, dzo-op-oy-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively):—make alive, give life, quicken.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2227 in the following manner: quicken (9x), give life (2x), make alive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2227 in the following manner: quicken (9x), give life (2x), make alive (1x).

  1. to produce alive, begat or bear living young

  2. to cause to live, make alive, give life

    1. by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate

    2. to restore to life

    3. to give increase of life: thus of physical life

    4. of the spirit, quickening as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life

  3. metaph., of seeds quickened into life, i.e. germinating, springing up, growing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō, dzo-op-oy-eh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G4160; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively):—make alive, give life, quicken.
STRONGS G2227:
ζωοποιέω; -ῶ; future ζωοποιήσω; 1 aorist infinitive ζωοποιῆσαι; passive, present ζωοποιοῦμαι; 1 future ζωοποιηθήσομαι; 1 aorist participle ζωοποιηθείς; (ζωοποιός making alive);
1. to produce alive, beget or bear living young, (Aristotle, Theophrastus).
2. to cause to live, make alive, give life: τὰ πάντα, of God, 1 Timothy 6:13 R G [cf. Nehemiah 9:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Diognetus, epistle 5 at the end]; by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate, 2 Corinthians 3:6; Galatians 3:21; to give ζωὴ αἰώνιος (in the Johannean sense), John 6:63; of the dead, to reanimate, restore to life: 1 Corinthians 15:45; τινά, John 5:21; Romans 4:17; Romans 8:11; passive 1 Corinthians 15:22; equivalent to to give increase of life: thus of physical life, πρῶτον τὸ παιδίον μέλιτι, εἶτα γάλακτι ζωοποιεῖται, the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 17; of the spirit, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι, quickened as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life, 1 Peter 3:18, on which cf. Lechler, Das apost. u. nachapost. Zeitalter, p. 182 edition 2; [Zezschwitz, De Christi ad inferos descensu (Lipsius 1857), p. 20]. metaphorically (Geoponica 9, 11, 7) of seeds quickening into life, i. e. germinating, springing up, growing: 1 Corinthians 15:36.
[Compare: συζωοποιέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
5:7
Nehemiah
9:6
John
5:21; 6:63
Romans
4:17; 8:11
1 Corinthians
15:22; 15:36; 15:45
2 Corinthians
3:6
Galatians
3:21
1 Timothy
6:13
1 Peter
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2227 matches the Greek ζῳοποιέω (zōopoieō),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:21 - For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[fn] and life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[fn] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[fn] his Spirit who lives in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:22 - For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:45 - So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[fn]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:13 - In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
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