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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 gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[fn] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:22 - Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:45 - The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[fn] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is there a conflict, then, between God’s law and God’s promises?[fn] Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:13 - And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - Christ suffered[fn] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.[fn]
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