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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - And she came in straightway with haste G4710 unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, G4710 into a city of Juda;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; G4710 he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - Not slothful in business; G4710 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 sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness G4710 it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care G4710 for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, G4710 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 commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness G4710 of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care G4710 into the heart of Titus for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence G4710 to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - And beside this, giving all diligence, G4710 add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Beloved, when I gave all diligence G4710 to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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