ζάω

ζάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי ;]

1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12): ApG 20,12, Rom 7,1-3, 1 Kor 7,39, Åb 19,20, al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, ApG 17,28 ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Fil 1,21 διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Hebr 2,15 ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal 2,20 ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal 2,20 (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos 3,10, Hos 2,1 (1:10), Es 37,4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Matt 16,16, Joh 6,57, Rom 9,26, 1 Thess 1,9, Hebr 3,12, Åb 7,2, al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ (חַי־אָנִי, 4 Mos 14,21, al.), as I live, Rom 14,11 ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ, Matt 4,4, al.; ἐκ, 1 Kor 9,14 of coming to life, Mrk.16:[11], Rom 6,10; 14,9, 2 Kor 13,4; opposite to νεκρός, Åb 1,18; 2,8; metaphorically, Luk 15,32 ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom 6,13 of the spiritual life of Christians, Luk 10,28, Joh 5,25, Rom 1,17; 8,13; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Joh 6,51, 58; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1 Thess 5,10 ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Åb 3,1,

2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life: Luk 2,36, ApG 26,5, Rom 7,9, Kol 2,20; ἐν πίστει, Gal 2,20 ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom 6,2 εὐσεβῶς, 2 Tim 3,12 ἀσώτως, Luk 15,13 with dative (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes, 164), Rom 14,7, 2 Kor 5,15; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk 20,38, Rom 6,10, 11 Gal 2,19; τ. Χριστῷ, 2 Kor 5,15 τ. θεῷ, 1 Pet 2,24 πνεύματι, Gal 5,25 κατὰ σάρκα, Rom 8,12, 13;

3. Of inanimate things, metaphorically: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opposite to still water), in a spiritual sense, Joh 4,10, 11; 7,38 (DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1 Pet 1,3 ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Hebr 10,20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721).