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To give life

ζωογονέωStrong’s G2225

zōogoneō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Zōogoneō is the Greek word usually translated “preserve”, “given life” and “is giving life”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;”
1 Timothy 6:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “preserve”, “given life” and “is giving life”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will preserve 1
  • to be given life 1
  • is giving life 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ζωογονέω zōogoneō · to give life

ζωογονέω, -ῶ (ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)* ;] 1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life. 2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “preserve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PRESERVE, verb transitive

prezerv'. [Low Latin proeservo; proe and servo, to keep.]

  1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to defend from evil.“God did send me before you to preserve life” Genesis 45:5“O Lord, preserve me from the violent man” Psalms 140:1
  2. To uphold; to sustain.“O Lord, thou preservest man and beast” Psalms 36:6
  3. To save from decay; to keep in a sound state; as, to preserve fruit in winter.
  4. To season with sugar or other substances for preservation; as, to preserve plums, quinces or other fruit.
All definitions and other forms of “preserve”
  1. To keep or defend from corruption; as, to preserve youth from vice.

PRESERVE, noun

preserv'. Fruit or a vegetable seasoned and kept in sugar or sirup.

    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.