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ζωή
zōḗ · Greek · Strong's G2222 · 135 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “life”
What it means
life (literally or figuratively)
from G2198 (ζάω);
How the KJV renders it
life
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“life”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
Where it appears
135 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:22 N-NSF1 Corinthians 15:19 N-DSF1 John 1:1 N-GSF1 John 1:2 N-ASF1 John 2:25 N-ASF1 John 3:14 N-ASF1 John 3:15 N-ASF1 John 5:11 N-ASF1 John 5:12 N-ASF1 John 5:13 N-ASF1 John 5:16 N-ASF1 John 5:20 N-NSF1 Peter 3:7 N-GSF1 Peter 3:10 N-ASF1 Timothy 1:16 N-ASF1 Timothy 4:8 N-GSF1 Timothy 6:12 N-GSF1 Timothy 6:19 N-GSF2 Corinthians 2:16 N-ASF2 Corinthians 4:10 N-NSF2 Corinthians 4:11 N-NSF2 Corinthians 4:12 N-NSF2 Corinthians 5:4 N-GSF2 Peter 1:3 N-ASF2 Timothy 1:1 N-GSF2 Timothy 1:10 N-ASFActs 2:28 N-GSFActs 3:15 N-GSFActs 5:20 N-GSFActs 8:33 N-NSFActs 11:18 N-ASFActs 13:46 N-GSFActs 13:48 N-ASFActs 17:25 N-ASFColossians 3:3 N-NSFColossians 3:4 N-NSFEphesians 4:18 N-GSFGalatians 6:8 N-ASFHebrews 7:3 N-GSFHebrews 7:16 N-GSFJames 1:12 N-GSFJames 4:14 N-NSFJohn 1:4 N-NSFJohn 3:15 N-ASFJohn 3:16 N-ASFJohn 3:36 N-ASFJohn 4:14 N-ASFJohn 4:36 N-ASFJohn 5:24 N-ASFJohn 5:26 N-ASFJohn 5:29 N-GSFJohn 5:39 N-ASFJohn 5:40 N-ASFJohn 6:27 N-ASFJohn 6:33 N-ASFJohn 6:35 N-GSFJohn 6:40 N-ASFJohn 6:47 N-ASFJohn 6:48 N-GSFJohn 6:51 N-GSF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.