haste;, μετὰ σπουδῆς, with haste, hastily, quickly, Mk. 6:25; Lk. 1:39; earnestness, earnest application, diligence, enthusiasm, Rom. 12:8, 11; 2 Cor. 7:11, 12; 8:16; 8:7f.

earnestly, eagerly, diligently, Lk. 7:4; 2 Tim. 1:17; Tit. 3:13; compar. σπουδαιοτέρως, more earnestly, with special urgency, Phil. 2:28

earnest, eager, forward, zealous, 2 Cor. 8:17, 22 (2x)*

to hurry; be bent upon, Gal. 2:10; to endeavor earnestly, strive, Eph. 4:3

a sowing; in NT seed, that which is sown, Mk. 4:26, 27; Lk. 8:5, 11; met. the seed sown in almsgiving, 2 Cor. 9:10*

sown, fit to be sown;, in NT τὰ σπόριμα, fields which are sown, fields of grain, cornfields, Mt. 12:1; Mk. 2:23; Lk. 6:1*

a sowing; seed sown;, met. generative seed, generation, 1 Pet. 1:23*

ashes, Mt. 11:21; Lk. 10:13; Heb. 9:13*

a sponge, Mt. 27:48; Mk. 15:36; Jn. 19:29*

the chief intestines, viscera; the entrails, bowels, Acts 1:18; met. the heart, the affections of the heart, the tender affections, Lk. 1:78; 2 Cor. 6:12; 7:15; Phil. 1:8, 2:1; Col. 3:12; Phlm. 7, 20; 1 Jn. 3:17; meton.