Gloss
to be eager, make every effort, do one's best
Forms of the word
Dictionary
σπουδάζω
Greek transliteration
spoudazō
Simplified transliteration
spoudazo
Principal Parts
σπουδάσω, ἐσπούδασα, ἐσπούδακα, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
4704
GK Number
5079
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
11
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2a(1)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for σπουδάζω
| Galatians 2:10 | They asked only that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I (espoudasa | ἐσπούδασα | aor act ind 1 sg) too was eager (espoudasa | ἐσπούδασα | aor act ind 1 sg) to do. |
| Ephesians 4:3 | making every effort (spoudazontes | σπουδάζοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:17 | As for us, brothers, when we were separated from you for a short time — in person but not in heart — we (espoudasamen | ἐσπουδάσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) were (espoudasamen | ἐσπουδάσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) all the more eager (espoudasamen | ἐσπουδάσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl), with intense longing, to see you in person. |
| 2 Timothy 2:15 | Be diligent (spoudason | σπούδασον | aor act imperative 2 sg) to present yourself before God as one tried and true, an unashamed worker, correctly handling the word of truth. |
| 2 Timothy 4:9 | Do your best (spoudason | σπούδασον | aor act imperative 2 sg) to come to me soon, |
| 2 Timothy 4:21 | Do your best (spoudason | σπούδασον | aor act imperative 2 sg) to come before winter. Eubulus greets you as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren. |
| Titus 3:12 | When I send Artemas to you or Tychicus, do your best (spoudason | σπούδασον | aor act imperative 2 sg) to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there. |
| Hebrews 4:11 | Let us, therefore, make every effort (spoudasōmen | σπουδάσωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) to enter that rest; otherwise one of you might fall by the same sort of disobedience. |
| 2 Peter 1:10 | Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager (spoudasate | σπουδάσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) to confirm your call and election. For by doing these things you will never come to ruin. |
| 2 Peter 1:15 | And I will also do my best (spoudasō | σπουδάσω | fut act ind 1 sg) to see that you will always be able to recall these things after my decease. |
| 2 Peter 3:14 | So then, dear friends, since you await these things, strive (spoudasate | σπουδάσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) to be found without spot or blemish, at peace in him. |
