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Vocabulary form:

zavw

Definition:

I live

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

140

GK:

2409

Root:

Forms:

zhvsw or zhvsomai, e[zhsa, -, -, -

Cognates:

Zoology is the study of life. Klein argues that this is from the modern Greek zw/ologiva, which in turn is based on zw:/on + logiva.

Mnemonic Singing:

May the mind of Christ my Savior
live in me from day to day.

Biblical Concordance

Hebrews 10:38	But my righteous one will (zēsetai \| ζήσεται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) live (zēsetai \| ζήσεται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) by faithfulness. But should he shrink back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.”
Hebrews 12:9	Furthermore, we had our natural fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Should we not much more submit ourselves to the Father of spirits and live (zēsomen \| ζήσομεν \| fut act ind 1 pl)?
Hebrews 12:22	On the contrary, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living (zōntos \| ζῶντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels, to a joyful assembly,
James 4:15	Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord so decrees, then we will live (zēsomen \| ζήσομεν \| fut act ind 1 pl) and do this or that.”
1 Peter 1:3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living (zōsan \| ζῶσαν \| pres act ptcp acc sg fem) hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:23	for you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living (zōntos \| ζῶντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 2:4	As you come to him, a living (zōnta \| ζῶντα \| pres act ptcp acc sg masc) stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,
1 Peter 2:5	you also, like living (zōntes \| ζῶντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:24	He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree so that we (zēsōmen \| ζήσωμεν \| aor act subj 1 pl), having died to sins, might (zēsōmen \| ζήσωμεν \| aor act subj 1 pl) live (zēsōmen \| ζήσωμεν \| aor act subj 1 pl) to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 4:5	They will give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living (zōntas \| ζῶντας \| pres act ptcp acc pl masc) and the dead.
1 Peter 4:6	It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged as men in the flesh, they might live (zōsi \| ζῶσι \| pres act subj 3 pl) as God in the Spirit.
1 John 4:9	By this the love of God is revealed to us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live (zēsōmen \| ζήσωμεν \| aor act subj 1 pl) through him.
Revelation 1:18	the Living One (zōn \| ζῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc). I was dead, but behold, I am alive (zōn \| ζῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and of Hades.
Revelation 2:8	“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The one who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life (ezēsen \| ἔζησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), has this to say:
Revelation 3:1	“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: The one who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars has this to say: I know your deeds; that you have a reputation that you are alive (zēs \| ζῇς \| pres act ind 2 sg), but you are dead.
Revelation 4:9	And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, to the one who lives (zōnti \| ζῶντι \| pres act ptcp dat sg masc) forever and ever,
Revelation 4:10	the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives (zōnti \| ζῶντι \| pres act ptcp dat sg masc) forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Revelation 7:2	Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living (zōntos \| ζῶντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,
Revelation 10:6	and swore by the one who lives (zōnti \| ζῶντι \| pres act ptcp dat sg masc) forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!
Revelation 13:14	and by the signs he was allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told them to make an image in honor of the beast who had been wounded by the sword yet lived (ezēsen \| ἔζησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg).
Revelation 15:7	Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives (zōntos \| ζῶντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) forever and ever;
Revelation 19:20	And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet, who in his presence performed signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive (zōntes \| ζῶντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
Revelation 20:4	And I saw thrones, and seated on them were those who had been given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life (ezēsan \| ἔζησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:5	(The rest of the dead did (ezēsan \| ἔζησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) not come to life (ezēsan \| ἔζησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) until the thousand years were finished). This is the first resurrection.

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