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
| Romans 7:9 | I was once alive (ezōn | ἔζων | imperf act ind 1 sg) apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came to life |
| Romans 8:12 | So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to (zēn | ζῆν | pres act inf ) live (zēn | ζῆν | pres act inf ) according to the flesh, |
| Romans 8:13 | for if you (zēte | ζῆτε | pres act ind 2 pl) live (zēte | ζῆτε | pres act ind 2 pl) according to the flesh, you will certainly die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live (zēsesthe | ζήσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl). |
| Romans 9:26 | “And in the very place where God said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living (zōntos | ζῶντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God.’” |
| Romans 10:5 | For Moses writes regarding the righteousness that is based on the law, “The person committed to these things must live (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) by them.” |
| Romans 12:1 | I appeal you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living (zōsan | ζῶσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God — this is a reasonable act of worship for you. |
| Romans 14:7 | For none of us lives (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) for himself, and none dies for himself. |
| Romans 14:8 | if we live (zōmen | ζῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl), we (zōmen | ζῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) live (zōmen | ζῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live (zōmen | ζῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) or whether we die, we belong to the Lord. |
| Romans 14:9 | the reason why Christ died and rose (ezēsen | ἔζησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to life again was that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living (zōntōn | ζώντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc). |
| Romans 14:11 | For it is written, “As I live (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg), says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.” |
| 1 Corinthians 7:39 | A wife is bound for such a time as her husband is alive (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg). But if her husband should die, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:14 | In the same way, the Lord gave instructions to those who proclaim the gospel that they should get their living (zēn | ζῆν | pres act inf ) from the gospel. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:45 | So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living (zōsan | ζῶσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:8 | For we want you to know, brothers, about the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living (zēn | ζῆν | pres act inf ). |
| 2 Corinthians 3:3 | making known that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living (zōntos | ζῶντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:11 | For we who live (zōntes | ζῶντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) are constantly being handed over to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:15 | And he died for all so that those who are living (zōntes | ζῶντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) might (zōsin | ζῶσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) no longer live (zōsin | ζῶσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:9 | as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying, and yet — look! — we continue to live (zōmen | ζῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl); as scourged, and yet not killed; |
| 2 Corinthians 6:16 | What agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living (zōntos | ζῶντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) God; just as God said: “I will dwell in their midst and walk among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.” |
| 2 Corinthians 13:4 | For indeed he was crucified in weakness, but he lives (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) by the power of God. For indeed we are weak in him, but we will live (zēsomen | ζήσομεν | fut act ind 1 pl) with him by the power of God toward you. |
| Galatians 2:14 | But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live (zēs | ζῇς | pres act ind 2 sg) like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?” |
| Galatians 2:19 | For through the law I died to the law so that I (zēsō | ζήσω | aor act subj 1 sg) might (zēsō | ζήσω | aor act subj 1 sg) live (zēsō | ζήσω | aor act subj 1 sg) for God. I have been crucified with Christ; |
| Galatians 2:20 | and I no longer live (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg), but Christ lives (zē | ζῇ | pres act ind 3 sg) in me. And the life I (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) now live (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) in the flesh, I (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) live (zō | ζῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
| Galatians 3:11 | Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because “it is by faith that the righteous person will live.” (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) |
| Galatians 3:12 | However, the law is not of faith; on the contrary, it teaches that “the one who does them will live (zēsetai | ζήσεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) by them.” |
