ζωή

ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω),

[in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים ;]

life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, which see; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus, as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus; opposite to θάνατος);

1. of natural life: Luk 16,25, ApG 8,33, 1 Kor 15,19, 1 Tim 4,8, Hebr 7,3, Jak 4,14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Åb 11,11 ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( 1 Mos 1,30), Åb 16,3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom 5,10, Hebr 7,16.

2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words, 156ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo., 214ff.; Cremer, 272ff.): Joh 6,51, 53 Rom 7,10; 8,6, 10 Fil 2,16, Kol 3,4, 2 Pet 1,3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Joh 4,36; 12,50; 17,3, 1 Joh 1,2, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Joh 8,12 ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1 Joh 1,1 ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Joh 6,35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom 5,18 μετάνοια εἰς ζ., ApG 11,18 ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Joh 1,4 ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2 Tim 1,1 τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2 Pet 1,3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Jak 1,12, Åb 2,10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1 Pet 3,7 ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom 8,6 ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2 Tim 1,10 ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Joh 5,29 βίβλος ζωῆς, Fil 4,3, Åb 3,5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Åb 2,7 ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Åb 22,17 meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom 8,10 ῥήματα, Joh 6,63 of one who gives life, Joh 11,25; 14,6, 1 Joh 1,2; ἡ ἐντολή, Joh 12,50,

SYN.: see: βίος.