Gloss
to be alive, to live a life; in the NT this can also refer to the resurrection life, Jesus Christ is then the Living One
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ζάω
Greek transliteration
zaō
Simplified transliteration
zao
Principal Parts
ζήσω <ε>ορ</ε> ζήσομαι, ἔζησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
2198
GK Number
2409
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
140
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(1a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ζάω
| Matthew 4:4 | But he replied, “Man does (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) not live (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” |
| Matthew 9:18 | As he was saying these things a ruler came and bowed down before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come, lay your hand on her and she will live (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) again.” |
| Matthew 16:16 | And Simon Peter answered, saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living (zōntos | ζῶντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God.” |
| Matthew 22:32 | ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” (zōntōn | ζώντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) |
| Matthew 26:63 | But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath by the living (zōntos | ζῶντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God, tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” |
| Matthew 27:63 | They said, “Sir, we remember that while (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) was (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) still alive (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that impostor said, ‘After three days I will be raised.’ |
| Mark 5:23 | and begged him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter “My is about to die. is about Come and place your hands on her so she will be healed and live.” (zēsē | ζήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) |
| Mark 12:27 | He is not God of the dead, but of the living (zōntōn | ζώντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc). You are greatly mistaken!” |
| Mark 16:11 | And when they heard that he was alive (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it. |
| Luke 2:36 | Now there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived (zēsasa | ζήσασα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) with her husband seven years from her virginity, |
| Luke 4:4 | And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) not live (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) by bread alone.’” |
| Luke 10:28 | Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” (zēsē | ζήσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) |
| Luke 15:13 | Not many days later, the younger son gathered up everything and left for a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by living (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) recklessly. |
| Luke 15:32 | We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours, was dead and has come alive (ezēsen | ἔζησεν | aor act ind 3 sg); he was lost and has been found.’” |
| Luke 20:38 | He is not God of the dead, but of the living! (zōntōn | ζώντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) For to him they (zōsin | ζῶσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (zōsin | ζῶσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) all alive.” (zōsin | ζῶσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) |
| Luke 24:5 | The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living (zōnta | ζῶντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) among the dead? |
| Luke 24:23 | and not finding his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive (zēn | ζῆν | pres act inf ). |
| John 4:10 | Jesus answered her, saying, “If you had known the gift of God and who it was that said to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp acc sg neut) water.” |
| John 4:11 | The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep. How then are you going to draw the living (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp acc sg neut) water? |
| John 4:50 | Jesus replied “Go, your son lives.” (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he set off for home. |
| John 4:51 | While he was still on his way down his servants met him and told him that his son was living (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg). |
| John 4:53 | Then the father realized that was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives,” (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) and he became a believer, as did his entire household. |
| John 5:25 | “I tell you the solemn truth, the hour is coming and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live (zēsousin | ζήσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl). |
| John 6:51 | I am the living (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live (zēsei | ζήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” |
| John 6:57 | As the living (zōn | ζῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) Father sent me, and I live (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live (zēsei | ζήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) because of me. |
