σπουδαῖος
spoudaios · eager, diligent
Greek word · Strong’s number G4705 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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spoudaios (σπουδαῖος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “eager, diligent”.
Putting effort and haste into doing good.
How to say it
spou·dai·os
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
- Putting effort and haste into doing good.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- more earnest ×2
- be earnest ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 8:17
for he welcomed the appeal, but being all the more earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
- 2 Corinthians 8:22
And we are sending with them our brother, whom we have often tested in many things and found to be earnest, but now much more earnest because of his great confidence in you.
And 1 more times.