ζωογονέω
zōogoneō · preserve alive
Greek word · Strong’s number G2225 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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zōogoneō (ζωογονέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “preserve alive”.
Keep alive, preserve life; give life.
How to say it
zō·o·go·ne·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To preserve someone from dying; to be the source of existence.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gives life to ×1
- survive ×1
- will keep alive ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will keep it alive.
- Acts 7:19
He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.
- 1 Timothy 6:13
I command you before God who gives life to all things, and the Messiah Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,