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Lexicon :: Strong's G4710 - spoudē

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σπουδή
Transliteration
spoudē (Key)
Pronunciation
spoo-day'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:559,1069

Strong’s Definitions

σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4710 in the following manner: diligence (5x), haste (2x), business (1x), care (1x), forwardness (1x), earnest care (1x), carefulness (1x).

  1. haste, with haste

  2. earnestness, diligence

    1. earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything

    2. to give all diligence, interest one's self most earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπουδή spoudḗ, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:—business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.
STRONGS G4710:
σπουδή, σπωδης, ἡ (σπεύδω (which see)), from Homer down;
1. haste: μετά σπουδῆς, with haste, Mark 6:25; Luke 1:39 (Wis. 19:2; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 9, 7; Herodian, 3, 4, 1; 6, 4, 3).
2. earnestness, diligence: universally, earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything, Romans 12:11; 2 Corinthians 7:11, 12; 2 Corinthians 8:7f; ἐν σπουδή, with diligence, Romans 12:8; σπουδήν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, Hebrews 6:11; πᾶσαν σπουδήν ποιεῖσθαι (see ποιέω, I. 3, p. 525{b} bottom), to give all diligence, interest oneself most earnestly, Jude 1:3; σπουδήν παρεισφέρειν, 2 Peter 1:5; ἡ σπουδή ὑπέρ τίνος, earnest care for one, 2 Corinthians 8:16 (περί τίνος (Demosthenes, 90, 10); Diodorus 1, 75).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:25
Luke
1:39
Romans
12:8; 12:11
2 Corinthians
7:11; 7:12; 8:7; 8:16
Hebrews
6:11
2 Peter
1:5
Jude
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4710 matches the Greek σπουδή (spoudē),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
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