spoudē · haste, diligence

What it means

spoudē (σπουδή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “haste, diligence”.

Haste; also eagerness, diligence.

How to say it

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

1. Doing something quickly, without delay.
2. Putting serious care into something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• earnestness ×5
• diligence ×3
• effort ×2
• haste ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Romans×2
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1

• Mark 6:25

  And at once coming in with haste to the king, she asked, saying, “I want you to give me right now, on a platter, the head of John the Immerser.”

• Luke 1:39

  And in those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

• Romans 12:8

  if the one who encourages, in encouragement; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

• Romans 12:11

  in diligence, not lazy; in the spirit, fervent; being slaves to the Lord;

• 2 Corinthians 7:11

  For look at this very thing, being grieved according to God: how much earnestness it produced in you, even defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even punishment! In everything you showed yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• 2 Corinthians 7:12

  So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did wrong nor for the sake of the one who was wronged but so that your earnestness for us might be made manifest to you before God.

• 2 Corinthians 8:7

  But just as you abound in everything, in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love from us in you, see that you abound in this grace also.

• 2 Corinthians 8:8

  I am not speaking as a command, but through the earnestness of others testing also the genuineness of your love.

• 2 Corinthians 8:16

  But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnestness for you in the heart of Titus;

• Hebrews 6:11

  And we desire each of you to show the same diligence for the full assurance of hope until the end,

• 2 Peter 1:5

  And for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,

• Jude 1:3

  Beloved, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you, urging you to contend for the faith once for all handed down to the saints.