zēmioō · lose, suffer loss

What it means

zēmioō (ζημιόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lose, suffer loss”.

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. End up worse off; be deprived of something or of one's life.

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

How it is translated

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

• forfeits ×2
• I have suffered the loss of ×1
• forfeit ×1
• he will suffer loss ×1
• you might suffer loss ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Philippians×1

• Matthew 16:26

  For what will it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

• Mark 8:36

  For what does it profit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

• Luke 9:25

  For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

• 1 Corinthians 3:15

  If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but in this way, as through fire.

• 2 Corinthians 7:9

  now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved into a change of mind; for you were grieved according to God, so that in nothing you might suffer loss from us.

• Philippians 3:8

  More than that, I also consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of the knowledge of the Messiah Jesus my Lord, because of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and I consider them garbage, so that I may gain the Messiah