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Lexicon :: Strong's G4704 - spoudazō

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σπουδάζω
Transliteration
spoudazō (Key)
Pronunciation
spoo-dad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:559,1069

Strong’s Definitions

σπουδάζω spoudázō, spoo-dad'-zo; from G4710; to use speed, i.e. to make effort, be prompt or earnest:—do (give) diligence, be diligent (forward), endeavour, labour, study.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4704 in the following manner: endeavour (3x), do diligence (2x), be diligent (2x), give diligence (1x), be forward (1x), labour (1x), study (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4704 in the following manner: endeavour (3x), do diligence (2x), be diligent (2x), give diligence (1x), be forward (1x), labour (1x), study (1x).

  1. to hasten, make haste

  2. to exert one's self, endeavour, give diligence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπουδάζω spoudázō, spoo-dad'-zo; from G4710; to use speed, i.e. to make effort, be prompt or earnest:—do (give) diligence, be diligent (forward), endeavour, labour, study.
STRONGS G4704:
σπουδάζω; future σπουδάσω (a later form for the early σπουδάσομαι, cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word, vol. i, p. 190; Buttmann, 53 (46); (Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist ἐσπούδασα; (σπουδή, which see); from Sophocles and Aristophanes down;
a. to hasten, make haste: followed by an infinitive (cf. σπεύδω, 1), 2 Timothy 4:9, 21; Titus 3:12 (others refer these examples to b.; but cf. Holtzmann's Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:15).
b. to exert oneself, endeavor, give difference: followed by an infinitive, Galatians 2:10; Ephesians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 4:11; 2 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 3:14; followed by an accusative with an infinitive 2 Peter 1:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Galatians
2:10
Ephesians
4:3
1 Thessalonians
2:17
2 Timothy
2:15; 2:15; 4:9; 4:21
Titus
3:12
Hebrews
4:11
2 Peter
1:10; 1:15; 3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4704 matches the Greek σπουδάζω (spoudazō),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:10 - only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:3 - being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:17 - And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:9 - Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:12 - When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for there to winter I have determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11 - May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:15 - and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:14 - wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
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