To live
ζάωStrong’s G2198zaō
Appears in 127 verses of the New Testament
In short
Zaō is the Greek word usually translated “living”, “live” and “is living”. It appears in 127 verses of the New Testament.
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “living”, “live” and “is living”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- living 49
- will live 12
- to live 10
- is living 9
- live 5
- lives 5
- we live 5
- of living 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 18
- John 14
- Revelation 13
- Acts 12
- Hebrews 12
- Luke 8
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 4:10In contextFor therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- 1 Timothy 5:6In contextBut she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
- 1 Timothy 6:17In contextCharge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Titus 2:12In contextTeaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
All 127 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ζάω zaō · to live
ζάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי ;] 1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12): Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, Act.17:28; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Php.1:21; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Heb.2:15; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal.2:20; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal.2:20; (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Re …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “live” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIVE, verb intransitive
liv.
- To abide; to dwell; to have settled residence in any place.
- To continue; to be permanent; not to perish.
- To be animated; to have the vital principle; to have the bodily functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate, as respiration, circulation of blood, secretions, etc.; applied to animals.“I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?” Genesis 45:3
- To have the principles of vegetable life; to be in a state in which the organs do or may perform their functions in the circulation of sap and in growth; applied to plants.
All definitions and other forms of “live”
- To pass life or time in a particular manner, with regard to habits or condition.
- To continue in life.
- To live emphatically; to enjoy life; to be in a state of happiness.
- To feed; to subsist; to be nourished and supported in life; as, horses live on grass or grain; fowls live on seeds or insects; some kinds of fish live on others; carnivorous animals live on flesh.
- To subsist; to be maintained in life; to be supported.
- To remain undestroyed; to float; not to sink or founder.
- To exist; to have being.“As I live saith the Lord -” Ezekiel 5:11
- In Scripture, to be exempt from death, temporal or spiritual.“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them” Leviticus 18:5
- To recover from sickness; to have life prolonged.“Thy son liveth” John 4:50
- To be inwardly quickened, nourished and actuated by divine influence or faith. Galatians 2:14
- To be greatly refreshed, comforted and animated.“For now we live if ye stand fast in the Lord” 1 Thessalonians 3:8
- To appear as in life or reality; to be manifest in real character.
- To live with, to dwell or to be a lodger with.
- To cohabit; to have intercourse, as male and female.
LIVE, verb transitive
liv.
- To continue in constantly or habitually; as, to live a life of ease.
- To act habitually in conformity to.
LIVE, adjective
- Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; as a live ox.
- Having vegetable life; as a live plant.
- Containing fire; ignited; not extinct; as a live coal.
- Vivid, as color.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.