Bible word study

Zoe (Strong’s G2222): Meaning in the Bible

Zoe (ζωή) is the Greek word numbered G2222 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as life (literally or figuratively). In the King James Bible it is translated life(-time)..

• Original wordζωή
• Transliterationzōḗ
• Pronunciationdzo-ay'
• Strong’s numberG2222
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G2198;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Zoe appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Zoe (G2222) stands behind 138 English renderings in 124 verses across 22 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in John (37), Romans (14), 1 John (14).

How the King James Bible renders Zoe, by count

• life121 of 138 (88 percent)
• of life7 of 138 (5 percent)
• of3 of 138 (2 percent)
• the life3 of 138 (2 percent)
• an1 of 138 (1 percent)
• lifetime1 of 138 (1 percent)

Three places to read Zoe

• Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
• John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

The New Testament speaks of a life that death cannot end. Jesus calls himself the life, and offers not merely more years but a share in the very life of God.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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