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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:12 - So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - But as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you - make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:8 - I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
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