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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 as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit 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 the father of many nations"--in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:11 - If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - You foolish man! 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 - Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:13 - In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;
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