ζωῶ

σύμφῡλ-ος, ον,

A of the same stock or race with,

αἱ μέλιτται καὶ τὰ σ. ζῷα ταύταις Arist.PA 682b10

; οἱ σύμφυλοι his congeners, Babr.101.3.

II metaph., of the same class with, βρονταί τε καὶ ἀστραπαὶ.. καὶ τἆλλα ἃ δὴ τούτοις ἐστὶ ς. Arist.Mu. 394a19; cognaie, suitable, νομή, τροφή, Plu.2.729c,991b; τὸ ς. ib.661e; of digested food,

συμφυλοτέραν τῷ ζῴῳ γενομένην Gal.6.303

;

τὰ σ. τῷ σώματι Plu.2.137b

; τὸ -ότατον [τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ] Phld.Vit.p.28 J.;

τῶν σ. ἡμῖν οἶνος Orib. Fr.124

;

σ. ἡ νόησις τῷ μερισμῷ Dam.Pr. 146

.

2 συμφύλων (- φίλων cod.) Χειρῶν προσαφῇ ( πρὸς ἁφήν cod.) θάλποντα (translated cum quodam calidarum manuum amplexu, Cael.Aur.TP3.22) Sor.2.28 (dub.).

ἀναζάω, inf. -ζῆν,

A return to life, be alive again, Ev.Luc.15.24 and 32, Sotionp.183 W.: in [dialect] Ep. form [suff] ἀναερτ-ζώω Nic.Fr.70.5.

ἀνα-ζώω,

A v. ἀναζάω.

ἀσύγκρῐτος, ον,

A not comparable, Thphr.Fr.89.7, Phld.D.1.15, AP 5.64;

τοῖς ἄλλοις Plu.Marc.17

;

ἀσύγκριτος ἄνθρωπος ἀλόγῳ ζῴῳ Phld. D.1.11

. Adv.

- τως

without the use of the comparative form,

D.T.635.15

.

2 incomparable, surpassing,

θεός Ph.1.578

, cf. Plu. Dio47, BGU613.20 (ii A. D.), etc., Ath.Mitt.12.174 ([place name] Prusias); of remedies, Gal.14.112. Adv.

- τως

incomparably,

Hierocl. in CA 3p.424M.

, CIG 3493.14 ([place name] Thyatira).

II antagonistic, of alien kind, Plu.2.134d (but v. foreg.).

ἐπιζάω, [dialect] Ion. [suff] ἐπιετ-ζώω,

A survive,

εἰ ἐπέζωσε Hdt.1.120

; ἂν ὡς ὀλίγιστον

χρόνον ἐπιζώῃ Pl.Lg. 661c

(- ζώιη cod.), cf. Eus.Mynd.38, etc.: me taph.of envy, Plu.Num.22.

ἐφάλλομαι, [tense] fut. -

A

αλοῦμαι LXX 1 Ki.10.6

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 2 ἐπᾶλτο, part. ἐπάλμενος, ἐπιάλμενος (v. infr.): regul. [tense] aor. 2 inf. - αλέσθαι IG4.951.27 (Epid., iv B. C.):— spring upon, so as to attack, c. dat.,

Ἀστεροπαίῳ ἐπᾶλτο Il. 21.140

, cf. 13.643;

Τρώεσσιν ἐπάλμενος 11.489

, etc.; ἐπάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί ib. 421, cf. Od.14.220: without hostile sense, c. gen., ἵππων ἐπιάλμενος having leaped upon the chariot, Il.7.15;

κύσσε.. μιν.. ἐπιάλμενος Od.24.320

; of fame,

ἐς Αἰθίοπας ἐπᾶλτο Pi.N.6.50

: rare in Prose, ἐπὶ τὸν οὐδὸν ἐ. (a Homeric reminiscence) Pl. Ion 535b; ἐπὶ τὰν χῆρα IG l.c.;

ἐπί τινας Act.Ap.19.16

;

ἵπποις Plu.2.139b

;

θαλάττης Alciphr.1.10

; ζῴῳ, in hostile sense, Philum. Ven.33.3; εἰς τοὐπίσω ἐ., of an exercise, Gal.6.145: metaph., of the spirit of prophecy, LXX l. c.

ἑξῆς, [dialect] Ep. [full] ἑξείης, Adv., [dialect] Dor. [full] ἑξαν (accent unknown), IG12(1).155.108 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), SIG1023.80 (Cos, iii/ii B.C.), al.:—

A one after another, in order, in a row,

ἑξῆς εὐνάζοντο Od.4.449

; ἑξῆς δ' ἑζόμενοι ib. 580 (elsewh. Hom. uses the form ἑξείης, Il.6.241, Od.4.408);

πάντας ἑ... κτείνοντες Th.7.29

, cf. E.Fr.657.2; τὰ ἑ. v.l. in Arist. Cael. 310b12.

b Math., ἑ. ἀνάλογον in continued proportion, Euc. 8.1, al.; οἳ ἑ. ἀριθμοί successive numbers, Archim.Spir.Praef.; γραμμαὶ ἑ. κείμεναι placed in order, ib.11; τούτου ἑ. γινομένου if this be done continually, Id.Sph.Cyl.1.11.

2 ἑ. διεξελθεῖν, λέγειν, in a regular, consequential manner, Pl.Plt. 257b, 286c;

τοῦ ἑ. ἕνεκα περαίνεσθαι τὸν λόγον Id.Grg. 454c

; ὁ ἑ. λόγος the following argument, Id.Ti. 20b;

ἐν ἅπασι τούτοις ἑ. Longin.9.14

, cf. 4.4.

3 Gramm., τὸ ἑ. grammatical sequence, opp. ὑπερβατόν, A.D.Pron.41.3,al.; καὶ τὰ ἑ., Lat. et cetera, PTeb. 319.34 (iii A. D.), etc.

4 of Time, thereafter, next, A.Fr. 475, Ar.Ec. 638;

τὸν ἑ. χρόνον Pl.Plt. 271b

;

ἡ ἑ. ἡμέρα Ev.Luc. 9.37

; ἐν τῷ (v.l. τῇ) ἑ. next day, ib.7.11; εἰς τὸ ἑ. for the future, POxy.474.28 (ii A.D.), etc.

b of Place, next, E.IA 249, Arist. Mu. 392a26.

II c.gen., next to,

τινός Ar.Ra. 765

;

τὰ τούτων ἑ. Pl.R. 390a

;

τούτων ἑ.

next after..,

D.18.102

; of logical connexion, Pl.Phlb. 42c: c. dat., next to,

Λάχητι.. τὴν ἑ. θύραν Ephipp.16

;

τούτοις ἑ.

next in order to,

Pl.Cra. 399d

, al.;

τὸ ἑ. τῇ γεωμετριᾳ

what comes next to..,

Id.R. 528a

;

τὸ ἑ. ἔργον τοῖς Μαραθῶνι

next after,

Id.Mx. 241a

;

ἑ. Ἀριστογείτονι

beside

A.

, Ar.Lys. 633;

παρὰ τὸ ἑ. τῷ νοερῷ ζῴῳ

that which befits..,

M.Ant.4.5

; ἐπεχορήγησα αὐτῇ τὰ ἑ. made suitable provision for her, POxy.282.7 (i A.D.).

ὑπάρχω, [tense] fut.

A

- ξω Hdt.6.109

, S.Ant. 932 (anap.): [tense] aor. ὑπῆρξα (v. infr. 1):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ὑπαρχθήσομαι PTeb.418.7

(iii A. D.): [tense] pf. ὕπηργμαι, [dialect] Ion.

- αργμαι Hdt.7.11

:—begin, take the initiative:—Constr.:

1 abs., Od.24.286, E.Ph. 1223;

ὑπάρχων ἠδίκεις αὐτούς Isoc.16.44

; ὁ ὑπάρξας the beginner (in a quarrel), D.59.15, cf. 1;

ἀμύνεσθαι τοὺς ὑπάρξαντας Lys.24.18

;

ἀμυνομένους, μὴ ὑπάρχοντας Pl.Grg. 456e

;

ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρχων ἀλλὰ τιμωρούμενος Men.358

:—[voice] Med., Pl.Ti. 41c, Ael. NA12.41, etc.

2 c. gen., take the initiative in, begin, ἀδίκων ἔργων, ἀδικίης, Hdt.1.5, 4.1, cf. Th.2.74, etc.;

ὑ. τῆς ἐλευθερίας τῇ Ἑλλάδι And.1.142

, cf. Pl.Mx. 237b.

3 c. part., take the initiative in doing,

ἐμὲ ὑπῆρξαν ἄδικα ποιεῦντες Hdt.7.8

.β, cf. 6.133, 9.78; ὑπάρχει εὖ (or κακῶς)

ποιῶν τινα X.An.2.3.23

, 5.5.9; τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀμύνεσθαι οἷσπερ καὶ οἱ Λκεδαιμόνιοι ὑπῆρξαν retaliating by the means which the L. had used first, Th.2.67 (where οἷσπερ is expld. by the following ἀποκτείναντες and ἐσβαλόντες).

b in [voice] Med. c. inf., Ael.NA14.11: c. gen., βαδίσεως -ονται ib.4.34; ἡλίου -ομένου τῆς ἀκμῆς ib.1.20.

4 c. acc., ὑ. εὐεργεσίας εἴς τινα or τινι take the initiative in [doing] kindnesses to one, D.19.280, Aeschin.2.26; ὑ. τοῦτο (sc. τὸ εὐνοεῖν) Men.927:—[voice] Pass.,

ὑπηρεσίαι ὑπηργμέναι εἰς Φίλιππον αὑτῷ Aeschin. 2.109

;

τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ὑπηργμένα D.1.10

; τὰ ἔκ τινος ὑπαργμένα ([dialect] Ion. for ὑπηργ-) Hdt.7.11;

ὑπηργμένων πολλῶν κἀγαθῶν Ar. Lys. 1159

;

οὐδέν μοι ὑπῆρκτο εἰς αὐτόν Antipho 5.58

;

ἀνάξια τῶν εἰς ὑμᾶς ὑπηργμένων Lys.21.25

; ἄξιον τῶν ὑ. equivalent to what was done for him, Arist.EN 1163b21: impers., ὑπῆρκτο αὐτοῦ (sc. τοῦ Πειραιέως) a beginning of it had been made, Th.1.93.

B in [voice] Act. only, to be the begining,

παιδοβόροι μὲν πρῶτον ὑπῆρξαν μόχθοι τάλανες A.Ch. 1068

(anap.); πολλῶν κακῶν, μεγάλων ἀχέων, E.Ph. 1582 (v. l.), Andr. 274 (lyr.), cf. HF 1169.

2 to be already in existence,

πημονῆς δ' ἅλις γ' ὑπάρχει A.Ag. 1656

(troch.);

φοίνισσα δὲ Θρηϊκίων ἀγέλα ταύρων ὑπᾶρχεν

was already there,

Pi.P.4.205

; αὗται αἱ νέες τοῖσι Ἀθηναίοισι ὑπῆρχον already existed, opp. to those they were about to build, Hdt.7.144; εἰ τοίνυν σφι χώρη γε μηδεμία ὑπῆρχε if they had no country originally existing, Id.2.15; χωρὶς δὲ τούτων οἱ χίλιοι ὑπῆρχον the original thousand existed, X.Cyr.1.5.5;

ἔδει πρῶτον μὲν ὑπάρχειν πάντων ἰσηγορίαν Eup.291

(lyr.);

ὑπαρχούσης μὲν τιμῆς, παρούσης δὲ δυνάμεως X.Ages.8.1

;

τοῦτο δεῖ προσεῖναι, τὰ δ' ἄλλ' ὑπάρχει D.3.15

, cf. 8.53;

ταὐτὰ ὑ. αὐτῷ ἅπερ ἐμοί Antipho 5.60

, cf. Lys.12.23; ὑμῖν.. ἐλευθερίαν τε ὑπάρχειν καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ξυμμάχοις κεκλῆσθαι there is in store for you.., Th.5.9: c. gen., οἶκος δ' ὑ. τῶνδε.. ἔχειν there is store of these things for us to have, A.Ag. 961 (s. v. l., οἴκοις Pors.): freq. in part., ἡ ὑπάρχουσα οὐσία the existing property, Isoc.1.28;

τὰ ὑ. ἁμαρτήματα Th.2.92

; τῆς ὑ. τιμῆς for the current price, Syngr. ap. D.35.12; οἱ ὑ. πολῖται the existing citizens, Id.18.295; τῆς φύσεως ὑ. nature being what it is, X.Cyr.6.4.4; also κρησφύγετόν τι ὑπάρχον εἶναι that there should be a refuge ready prepared, Hdt.5.124.

3 exist really, opp. φαίνομαι, Arist.Cael. 297b22, Metaph. 1046b10;

ἀθεώρητοι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Id.GC 316a9

;

καταληπτικὴ φαντασία ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος Stoic.2.25

.

4 simply, be,

τοῖσιν ἄγουσιν κλαύμαθ' ὑπάρξει S.Ant. 932

(anap.);

ὅθεν εὐμάρει' ὑπάρχοι πόρου Id.Ph. 704

(lyr.): and with a predicate,

θησαυρὸς ἄν σοι παῖς ὑπῆρχ' οὑμός E.Hec. 1229

;

τὸ χωρίον καρτερὸν ὑ. Th.4.4

; φύσεως ἀγαθῆς ὑπάρξαι to be of a good natural disposition, X.Oec.21.11;

κἂν σοφὸς ὑπάρχῃ Philem.102

; μέγα ὑ. τοῖς τοιούτοις λόγοις ις of great advantage to them, D.3.19; πολλῶν ὑπάρξει κῦρος ἡμέρα καλῶν, = κυρώσει πολλὰ καλά, S.El. 919.

b τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, much like τὰ ὑπηργμένα (A. 4 [voice] Pass.), a man's record,

ἀνάξιον τῶν ὑ. τῇ πόλει καὶ πεπραγμένων τοῖς προγόνοις D.8.49

; τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ὑ. your past record, Id.18.95; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα αἰσχύνη the disgrace which has been incurred, Id.19.217;

τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [αὑτῷ] ἐγκλήματα Aeschin.1.179

.

5 sts. with a part., much like τυγχάνω, τοιαῦτα [αὐτῷ] ὑπῆρχε ἐὀντα Hdt.1.192;

ἐχθρὸς ὑ. ὤν D.21.38

;

ὑ. δύναμιν κεκτημένοι Id.3.7

, cf. 15.1.

6 προγόνων ὑ. τῶν ἐξ Ἰλίου to be the descendant of.., D.H.2.65.

II like ὑπόκειμαι 11.2, to be laid down, to be taken for granted, Pl.Smp. 198d; τούτου ὑπάρχοντος, τούτων ὑπαρχόντων, this being granted, Id.Ti. 30c, 29b;

θέντες ὡς ὑπάρχον Id.R. 458a

.

III belong to, fall to one, accrue, ὑπάρξει τοι.. τὰ ἐναντία you will have, Hdt.6.109, etc.;

τὸ μισεῖσθαι πᾶσιν ὑ. Th.2.64

; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ἀπ' ἀλλήλων ἀμφοτέροις [σωτηρίαν] Id.6.86; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα φύσις your proper nature, its normal condition, Id.2.45; τῇ τέχνῃ ὑπάρχειν διδούς assigning as a property of art, Pl.Phlb. 58c, cf. Tht. 150b, 150c.

2 of persons, ὑ. τινί to be devoted to one, X.An.1.1.4, HG7.5.5, D.19.54, etc.; καθ' ὑμῶν ὑπάρξων ἐκείνῳ he will be on his side against you, ib.118, cf. 2.14.

b ἐν παντὶ.. πᾶς χωρίῳ, καὶ ᾧ μὴ ὑπάρχομεν every one in every place, even outside our sphere of influence (lit. to which we do not belong), Th.6.87.

3 in the Logic of Arist. ὑπάρχειν denotes the subsistence of qualities in a subject, Metaph.1025a14; ὑ. τινί, = κατηγορεῖσθαί τινος, APr. 25a13, al.; ὑ. κατά τινος ib. 24a27, Int. 16b13; ἐπί τινος ib. 16a32;

ὑ. τινὶ ζῴῳ πεζῷ δίποδι εἶναι Top. 109a14

; ὑπάρξει τι [τῷ πρώτῳ] it will have predicates, Plot.5.6.2;

ἡ γένεσις τῷ χρόνῳ.. ὑπάρχει Dam.Pr. 142

.

IV freq. in neut. pl. part., τὰ ὑπάρχοντα,

1 in signf. 1, existing circumstances, presentadvantages, Democr. 191, D.2.2;

ἀπὸ τῶν αἰεὶ ὑ. σφαλέντες Th.4.18

, cf. 6.33; πρὸς τὰ ὑ. ib.31;

ἐκ τῶν ὑ.

under the circumstances, according to one's means,

X. An.6.4.9

, Arist.Pol. 1288b33;

ὡς ἐκ τῶν ὑ. Th.7.76

, 8.1.

2 in signf. 111, possessions, resources, Id.1.70, 144, etc.; τὰ ἑκατέροις ὑ. ib. 141;

κινδυνεύειν περὶ τῶν ὑ. Isoc.3.57

: as a Subst.,

τὰ ὑ. αὐτοῦ Ev.Matt. 24.47

, cf. LXXGe.12.5; ὑποθέμενος τὰ ὑ. καὶ ὑπάρξοντα present and future resources, POxy.125.22 (vi A.D.), etc.

3 Math., ὑπάρχοντα εἴδη positive terms, Dioph.1Def.10.

V impers., ὑπάρχει the fact is that.., c. acc. et inf.,

ὑ. γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα S.El. 1340

; ὡς ὑ. τοῦ ἔχειν .. as the case stands with regard to having, Arist.HA 516b25; περὶ τοὺς μαστοὺς ὑπεναντίως ὑ. ib. 500a14.

2 it is allowed, it is possible, c. dat. et inf.,

ὑ. ἡμῖν ἐπικρατεῖν Th.7.63

, cf. And.2.19, etc.;

ὑ. αὐτῇ εὐδαίμονι εἶναι Pl.Phd. 81a

, cf. Prt. 345a, Phdr. 240b, etc.: also without a dat.,

οὐχ ὑ. εἰδέναι Th.1.82

;

ὑ. τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι μητέρα Is.7.25

, etc.: abs., ὥσπερ ὑπῆρχε as well as was possible, Th.3.109.

3 in neut. part., ὑπάρχον ὑμῖν πολεμεῖν since it is allowed you to.., Th. 1.124, cf. Pl.Smp. 217a.

C to be ὕπαρχος or subordinate colleague, D.C.36.36;

τῷ.. Ἀντωνίνῳ Id.71.34

.

II dub. in the sense of ἄρχω, rule; for Th.6.87, where the Sch. is in error, v. supr. B.111.2b; in Arist.Pol. 1291b32 ὑπερέχειν is prob. l.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `live' (Il.).

Other forms: ἐβίων, βιῶναι; βείομαι ( βέομαι) (Il.) fut. = subj. (cf. ἔδομαι); βιώσομαι, ἐβίωσα (Hdt.) Med. fact. (θ 468), βεβίωκα. βιόμεσθα (h. Ap. 528 for *βειομεθα? DELG); pres. βιόω (Arist.).

Derivatives: βίος `(way of, means of) life'. βιοτή f. `id.' (Od.), βίοτος m. `id.' (Il.); also Cret. βίετος (below). - βιωτός `worth living' (Att.). βιώσιμος `to be lived' (Hdt.) - With δ from *g^u, Heracl. ἐνδεδιωκότα, if = ἐμβεβιωκότα, cf. Schwyzer 300. In PN Βιο-; Βίτων \< Βιο-.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [467] * gʷeih₃ - `live'

Etymology: The root ended in a laryngeal, the zero grade * gʷiH- is seen in Av. ǰī-ti-, OCS ži-tь, also in Lat. vīta, Osc. bíitam (acc.); with suffix - uo- it is seen in Skt. jīvá-, OCS živъ Lat. vīvus, etc. `alive' and in Lat. vīvō, Skt. jī́vati, OCS živǫ. (The forms with short i, Goth. qiwa-, Welsh byw, may be due to the following stress (Schrijver Larrr. Lat. 355, 526). - Greek does not have forms with long i, as all its forms have a vowel after the root: * gʷiH-o- \> βίος, * gʷih₃-eto- \> βίοτος (with the suffix agreeing with the meaning; Cret. βίετος will have - ετος restored; cf. for the formation θάνατος); ὑγιής \< *h₁su-gʷih₃-ēs (the vocalism analogically restored). The aorist ἐβίων has been reconstructed as containing the aor.-suffix -ē- (as in ἐμάνην): * gʷih₃-eh₁-. - The full grade I * gʷeih₃- must be assumed for βέ(ί)ομαι (Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 452); it is also seen in Skt. gáya-, Av. gaya- `life' (*gʷe\/oih₃-o-); also ORuss. gojь `peace'. - The full grade II * gʷieH- is seen in Av. ǰyā-tu- `life' (Skt. * jyā-tu- reshaped, after jívati, in jīvā́tu-); from this root form prob. Gr. ζωϜός (not from the zero grade of the root). This root form seems also found in Gr. ζώ-ω, ζῆ-ν, s. s. ζώω (so Schwebeablaut cannot be avoided (pace Anttila, PIE Schwebeablaut 1969, 137). Difficult are Arm. kea-m `I live' (see LIV) and Toch. B śāw-.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `live' (Il.).

Other forms: Homer has only uncontracted forms: ζώω, ζωεις, ζώει, ζωέμεν, ζώοντ-. (*ζάω is a grammarians' construction.)

Dialectal forms: Myc. PN zowo, zowijo, prob. \/zōwos, zōwios\/. - Cret. δώ-ω, Att. ζῶ, ζῃ̃ς, ζῃ̃, ζῶμεν etc.., ipf. ἔζων ( ἔζην), ἔζης, -η, inf. ζῆν, fut. ζήσω, - ομαι (beside βιώσομαι), aor. ζῆσαι, ζῶσαι, βιῶσαι), perf. ἔζηκα (Arist.), ptc. ἐζωκότα (Kyzikos) for βεβίωκα (Att.),

Compounds: Sometimes with ἀνα-, δια-, ἐπι-. From ζωός: ΖωϜό-θεμις (Cyprus V^a; Masson, Beitr. z. Namenforschung 8, 161ff.). ζωγράφος `painter' (without ι?).

Derivatives: ζωή (Od.), also ζόη, Dor. ζωά, ζόα, Aeol. ζοΐα (Theoc.) `life'. 2. ζωός ( ζοός, ζώς) `alive' (Il.). ζώϊον, ζῳ̃ον (from ζώς; Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 7) `living being, animal'. ζώσιμος `viable' (late). ( ἀνά-)ζῆσις `reviving' ( Theol. Ar., Dam.). Άζησία (S. Fr. 981), Άζοσία (Epid.) surname of Demeter (? Fraenkel Lexis 3, 59f.)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [467] * gʷeih₃-, * gʷieh₃- `live'

Etymology: Generally derived from a root *gʷiē-, which is impossible as the root was * gʷeih₃-\/ gʷieh₃- (s. βιω-); also the distribution could not be explained. This agrees with the fact that Homer has only (uncontracted) forms ζωε\/ο-. So Attic etc. ζῶ, ζῃ̃ς, ἔζησα must be innovations.

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ζάω contr. ζῶ (Hom.+) impf. ἔζων (Ro 7:9 B ἔζην; on this form s. Schwyzer I 675; B-D-F §88; Mlt-H. 194, both w. ref.); fut. ζήσω (uniformly attested Ro 6:2; Hb 12:9); the later (since Hippocr. VII p. 536 L.; LXX; AscIs 3:9; Jos., Ant. 1, 193 al.) form ζήσομαι (B-D-F §77; Rob. 356) is more common (on the fut. forms s. JLee, NovT 22, ’80, 289–98; GKilpatrick, ibid. 25, ’83, 146–51); 1 aor. ἔζησα. On the LXX usage s. Thackeray 269; for forms in pap, Gignac II 370.

① to be alive physically, live

ⓐ of physical life in contrast to death

α. gener. Ac 22:22; Ro 7:1, 2, 3; 14:8ac; 1 Cor 7:39; 2 Cor 5:15a; 6:9; Hb 9:17. ψυχὴ ζῶσα a living soul (Gen 1:20 al.; Just., D. 6, 1 ζῇ ψυχῇ) 1 Cor 15:45 (Gen 2:7); Rv 16:3 v.l. ὅσα ἔτη ζῇ as many years as he lives B 10:6 (cp. SIG 663, 6; Sb 173, 6 Αὐρήλιος ζήσας ἔτη νε´; En 10:10). τὸ ζῆν life (Attic wr., ins, pap, LXX) ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν so that we even despaired of life 2 Cor 1:8. διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν during the whole lifetime Hb 2:15 (cp. Diod S 1, 74, 3 διατελεῖν πάντα τὸν τοῦ ζῆν χρόνον; 4, 46, 4). ἔτι ζῶν while he was still living= before his death Mt 27:63 (CB I/2 660 no. 618 Ζώσιμος ἔτι ζῶν κατεσκεύασεν; 3 Km 12:6). ζῶντες ἐβλήθησαν … εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός they were thrown alive into the lake of fire Rv 19:20. ζῶσα τέθνηκεν though alive she is dead 1 Ti 5:6 (cp. Sextus 7). ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες we during our (earthly) life 2 Cor 4:11; the same phrase= we who are still living 1 Th 4:15, 17. Here the opp. is νεκροί, as in Mt 22:32; Mk 12:27; Lk 20:38a. ζῶντες καὶ νεκροί the living and the dead Ac 10:42; Ro 14:9b; 2 Ti 4:1; 1 Pt 4:5; 2 Cl 1:1; B 7:2.—Occasionally the contrast betw. νεκρός and ζῆν is used fig. with ref. to the realm of religion and ethics Lk 15:24 v.l., 32.

β. of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5; AcPl Ha 11, 7. Of Jesus Mk 16:11; Lk 24:5, 23; Ac 1:3; 25:19; Ro 14:9a; 2 Cor 13:4a; Rv 1:18b; 2:8 (Just., D. 69, 6 νεκροὺς … ζῆν ποιήσας).

γ. of sick persons, if their illness terminates not in death but in recovery be well, recover (Artem. 4, 4 ἔζησεν ὁ παῖς=became well; 5, 71; 72; PGM 1, 188; 4 Km 1:2; 8:8 εἰ ζήσομαι ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου ταύτης; Jos., Vi. 421) Mk 5:23; J 4:50, 51, 53.—Of removal of anxiety 1 Th 3:8.

δ. also of healthy persons live on, remain alive (X., An. 3, 2, 39 ὅστις δὲ ζῆν ἐπιθυμεῖ πειράσθω νικᾶν; Ep. 56 of Apollonius of Tyana [Philostrat. I 359, 14]; ApcMos 31 διὰ τί σὺ ἀποθνῄσκεις καγὼ ζῶ;) Ac 25:24; 28:4. ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ ζήσομεν Js 4:15. ὸ̓ς ἔχει τὴν πληγὴν τῆς μαχαίρης καὶ ἔζησεν Rv 13:14.

ε. of beings that in reality, or as they are portrayed, are not subject to death: of Melchizedek Hb 7:8 (opp. ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἄνθρωποι). Jesus as everlasting high priest πάντοτε ζῶν 7:25.—In this sense it is most comprehensively applied to God (s. CBurchard, Untersuch. zu JosAs p. 103) (ὁ) θεὸς (ὁ) ζῶν (cp. 4 Km 19:4, 16; Is 37:4, 17; Hos 2:1; Da 6:21 Theod.; 3 Macc 6:28; TestAbr A 17 p. 99, 10 [Stone p. 46]; TestJob 37:2; JosAs 49:3 al.; SibOr 3, 763; POxy 924, 11 [IV A.D., Gnostic]; PGM 4, 1038 ὁ μέγας ζῶν θεός; 7, 823; 12, 79; Philo, Decal. 67 ὁ ζῶν ἀεὶ θεός; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 59, 18.—The phrase ‘the living God’ is not found in Joseph.) Mt 16:16; 26:63; J 6:69 v.l.; Ac 14:15; Ro 9:26 (Hos 2:1); 2 Cor 3:3; 6:16; 1 Th 1:9; 1 Ti 3:15; 4:10; 6:17 v.l.; Hb 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22; Rv 1:18a; 4:10; 7:2; 10:6; 2 Cl 20:2; GJs 20:1; AcPl Ha 2, 32; also ὁ ζῶν πατήρ J 6:57. W. the addition εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων Rv 15:7; cp. 4:9 (cp. Tob 13:2; Sir 18:1). God takes a sovereign oath in the words ζῶ ἐγώ as surely as I live (Num 14:28 al.) Ro 14:11 (Is 49:18; classical parallels GStählin, NovT 5, ’62, 142 n. 2). ζῇ κύριος ὁ θεός [μου] as surely as the Lord my God lives GJs 4:1; 6:1; 13:3; 15:3; 19:3 (Judg 8:19; 1 Km 25:34 al; GrBar 1:7; cp. ApcEsdr 2:7); in expanded form καὶ ζῇ ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτοῦ 15:4 (s. deStrycker ad loc.).—Christ lives διὰ τὸν πατέρα because of the Father J 6:57b (s. Bultmann, comm. ad loc.).

ⓑ w. mention of that upon which life depends ἐπί τινι on the basis of someth. (Andoc. 1, 100; Isocr. 10, 18; Ael. Aristid. 28, 103 K.=49 p. 525 D.) ζ. ἐπʼ ἄρτῳ live on bread Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4 (both Dt 8:3). ζ. ἔκ τινος obtain one’s living fr. someth. (Aristoph., Eccl. 591; Demosth. 57, 36; POxy 1117, 19; 1557, 12; TestJob 47:1f) 1 Cor 9:14.

ⓒ w. more precise mention of the sphere (Artem. 3, 62 ἐν ἀγορᾷ ζ.=spend his life in the marketplace) ζ. ἐν σαρκί live in the flesh in contrast to the heavenly life Phil 1:22; Gal 2:20c; ζ. ἐν κόσμῳ live in the world Col 2:20. ζ. ἐν θεῷ, live in God (as the Being who penetrates and embraces everything) Ac 17:28 (s. κινέω 3). For AcPl Ha 1, 15 s. 2a end.

② to live in a transcendent sense, live, of the sanctified life of a child of God (ζῆν in the sense of a higher type of life than the animal: X., Mem. 3, 3, 11; Cass. Dio 69, 19: after years of public service, Similis retires and prepares this epitaph: Σίμιλις ἐνταύθα κεῖται βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά=Here lies Similis, existing for so many years, but alive for only seven.).

ⓐ in the world ἐγὼ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ I was once (truly) alive without law (this has been interpr. to mean when no law existed; Paul is then regarded as speaking fr. the viewpoint of humanity in paradise before the command Gen 2:16 f; 3:3. Another interpr. thinks of Paul as referring to the period in his life when he was not conscious of the existence and significance of the law. In view of Paul’s climactic affirmation in Ro 7:25, Paul probably illustrates in the first person the perils of a Christian who succumbs to the illusion that moral action is connected with law rather than with the ‘spirit of life in Christ’ Ro 8:2) Ro 7:9. Even now those who listen to the voice of the Son of God enjoy this life J 5:25; cp. 11:26; likew. those who receive him into their being ὁ τρώγων τὸν ἄρτον 6:57c; cp. Ro 6:11, 13 (ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας); Gal 2:19; Rv 3:1. This heavenly life on earth is a ζ. πνεύματι Gal 5:25 or a life not of mere human achievement, but of Christ who lives in Christians 2:20ab. Also of the superhuman power of the apostle ζήσομεν σὺν αὐτῷ ἐκ δυνάμεως θεοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς we shall live with him (Christ) through God’s power in our dealings with you 2 Cor 13:4. ὁ κύριος βούλεται ζῆν ἡμᾶς ἐν θεῷ=the Lord wills that we live under God’s direction AcPl Ha 1, 15 (opp. ἀποθανεῖν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις; s. 1c end)

ⓑ in the glory of the life to come (Sir 48:11; cp. Dt 4:1; 8:1; 30:16).

α. abs. Lk 10:28; J 11:25; 14:19; Ro 8:13b; Hb 12:9. ἐμοὶ τ. ζῆν Χριστός= life is possible for me only where Christ is (hence death is gain) Phil 1:21 (s. OSchmitz, GHeinrici Festschr. 1914, 155–69). Another common interpr. is for me to live is Christ, i.e. while I am alive I experience real life in connection with Christ; w. death comes life in all fullness in the presence of Jesus.

β. More specifically εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα have eternal life (Ps.-Lucian, Philopatr. 17 ζῆν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα; PsSol 14:2) J 6:51, 58 (in J the blessed life which the follower of Jesus enjoys here and now in the body is simply continued in the heavenly life of the future. In other respects also the dividing line betw. the present and the future life is somet. nonexistent or at least not discernible); B 6:3; 8:5; 9:2; 11:10f; ἅμα σὺν αὐτῷ (i.e. Χριστῷ) ζ. live together with Christ 1 Th 5:10; ζ. διʼ αὐτοῦ (i.e. Chr.) 1J 4:9; ζ. κατὰ θεὸν πνεύματι live, as God (lives), in the Spirit 1 Pt 4:6. ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται (cp. Hab 2:4) he that is just through faith will have life Ro 1:17 (AFeuillet, NTS 6, ’59, 52–80; but s. Fitzmyer, Ro [AB] ad loc.); Gal 3:11; Hb 10:38. This life is τὸ ἀληθινὸν ζῆν ITr 9:2; IEph 11:1. Christ is called τὸ ἀδιάκριτον ἡμῶν ζῆν our unshakable or inseparable life 3:2. τὸ διὰ παντὸς ἡμῶν ζῆν our total life 1 Mg 1:2—The law-directed pers. believes concerning legal performance: ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς (Lev 18:5) Gal 3:12; cp. Ro 10:5 (cp. Dio Chrys. 58 [75], 1 οἱ τοῦτον [= τ. νόμον] φυλάττοντες ἔχονται τῆς σωτηρίας=those who observe law have a firm grip on security).

③ to conduct oneself in a pattern of behavior, live (Hom. et al.)

ⓐ used w. adverbs or other modifiers: adv. (Sallust. 19 p. 34, 25 κακῶς ζῆν [Just., A I, 4, 7]; SIG 889, 13ff; Wsd 14:28; Philo; Jos., Ant. 12, 198; Ath. 3, 1 δίκην θηρίων) ἀσώτως Lk 15:13. ἐθνικῶς and ἰουδαϊκῶς Gal 2:14. εὐσεβῶς 2 Ti 3:12. πανούργως Hm 3, 3. σωφρόνως κ. δικαίως κ. εὐσεβῶς Tit 2:12 (Plut., Mor. 1108c ζῆν σωφρόνως κ. δικαίως; cp. Diog. L. 10, 132; 140; Ar. 15, 10).—Φαρισαῖος live as a Pharisee Ac 26:5. ἐν πίστει Gal 2:20d. ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ Ro 6:2; ζ. ἐν τούτοις live in these (sins) Col 3:7. κατὰ ἀλήθειαν in keeping w. the truth IEph 6:2 (cp. Philo, Post. Cai. 73 κατὰ βούλημα τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ζ.; Jos., Ant. 4, 302 κατὰ τ. νόμους ζ.; Just., D. 47, 4 κατὰ τὸν νόμον; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 12, 7 κατὰ τὰς θείας γραφάς). κατὰ θεόν 8:1 (cp. SIG 910 A and B). κατὰ Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν IPhld 3:2. κατὰ Χριστιανισμόν live in accordance w. (our) commitment to Christ IMg 10:1. κατὰ σάρκα Ro 8:12f; Dg 5:8; κατὰ κυριακὴν ζ. (opp. σαββατίζειν) include the observance of the Lord’s day in one’s life IMg 9:1. Of a married woman ζ. μετὰ ἀνδρός live w. her husband Lk 2:36 (for the added acc. of extent of time cp. Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 332 D.; Pr 28:16; ἥτις ἔζησεν καλῶς μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἔτη 28, μῆνας 4, ἡμέρας 5: SEG II, 384, 6–8 [restored]; s. also FDanker, Jesus and the New Age ’88, 71).

ⓑ τινί live for someone or someth., for the other’s benefit (Hom. et al.; Demosth. 7, 17 οἳ οὐκ αἰσχύνονται Φιλίππῳ ζῶντες καὶ οὐ τῇ ἑαυτῶν πατρίδι; Dionys. Hal. 3, 17 … παῖδες, τῷ πατρὶ ζῶντες) ζ. τῷ θεῷ (4 Macc 7:19; 16:25; Philo, Mut. Nom. 13, Rer. Div. Her. 111; s. SAalen, NTS 13, ’67, 10) Lk 20:38b (cp. Soph., Ajax 970); Ro 6:10, 11; Gal 2:19; Hm 3:5; AcPl Ha 10, 7; τῷ κυρίῳ Ro 14:8b (cp. Plut., Cleom. 819 [31, 5]). For Christ 2 Cor 5:15; τῷ ἐμῷ βασιλεῖ AcPl Ha 9, 26 (restored after Aa I 112, 14) τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζ. 1 Pt 2:24; ἑαυτῷ ζ. live for oneself (Menand., Fgm. 646 Kö. οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ζῆν μόνον; Diod S 10, 33, 2 ζ. ἑαυτοῖς=live for themselves) Ro 14:7.

④ to be full of vitality, be lively the ptc. is used fig. w. respect to things (cp. τῶν δένδρων τῶν ζῶντων ParJer 9:3), of spring water in contrast w. cistern water ὕδωρ ζῶν (Gen 26:19; Lev 14:5; Jer 2:13 v.l.; Zech 14:8.—Stagnant water is called ὕ. νεκρόν: Synes., Ep. 114, 254d) J 4:10f (Hdb. exc. on J 4:14); 7:38; D 7:1f (Wengst p. 77 n. 57). ζώσας πηγάς Rv 7:17 v.l.

⑤ to be life-productive, offer life ptc. used w. respect to things (SIG 1173 [138 A.D.], 5 ζῶσαι ἀρεταὶ ἐγένοντο=miracles full of divine life occurred) λόγια ζῶντα words that meant life Ac 7:38. λόγος ζῶν θεοῦ 1 Pt 1:23; cp. Hb 4:12. ὁδὸς ζῶσα a living way 10:20. ἐλπὶς ζῶσα a living hope 1 Pt 1:3.—ζ. is also used of things which serve as descriptions of pers. who communicate divine life: of Christ ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν J 6:51a. λίθος ζῶν 1 Pt 2:4. Of Christians: θυσία ζῶσα a living sacrifice Ro 12:1. λίθοι ζῶντες 1 Pt 2:5.—τὰ παρὰ ζώσης φωνῆς καὶ μενούσης the (words) of a living and abiding voice Papias (2:4) (opp. ἐκ τῶν βιβλίων).—Lit. s. ζωή end. DELG s.v. ζώω.M-M. TW.

ζωή, ῆς, ἡ (Hom.+; in Hom. ‘living’=‘substance, property’, without which there would not be life; after Hom. ‘life, existence’ opp. death, then ‘way of life’ Hdt. 4, 112)

① life in the physical sense, life ἐν σαρκὶ ζ. Orig., C. Cels. 6, 59, 8)

ⓐ opp. θάνατος (Pind. et al.; Lucian, Tox. 38; Sir 37:18; Pr 18:21; Philo; Just., A I, 57, 3; Mel., P. 49, 355) Ro 8:38; 1 Cor 3:22; Phil 1:20. ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου during your life Lk 16:25 (s. Sir 30:5); cp. 12:15; Ac 8:33 (Is 53:8); Js 4:14; 1 Cl 16:8 (Is 53:8); 17:4 (cp. Job 14:5); 20:10; Hm 3:3. πᾶς χρόνος τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν B 4:9 (cp. PsSol 17:2; JosAs 13:12). πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν Hs 9, 29, 2; cp. GJs 4:1; τὰς λοιπὰς τῆς ζωῆς ἡμέρας Hv 4, 2, 5; cp. v 5, 2; m 12, 2; Hs 6, 3, 6. τὴν ἐσχάτην ἡμέραν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ Hv 3, 12, 2. ἐν τῇ ζ. ταύτῃ in this life 1 Cor 15:19; also ζ. ἡ νῦν (opp. ἡ μέλλουσα) 1 Ti 4:8 (Tat. 14, 2). τέλος ζωῆς end of life Hb 7:3 (TestAbr A 1 p. 78, 5 [Stone p. 4]). ζωὴ κ. πνοή life and breath Ac 17:25 (cp. Gen 2:7; 7:22). πνεῦμα ζωῆς breath of life Rv 11:11 (cp. Gen 6:17; 7:15; TestAbr A 18 p. 100, 31 [Stone p. 48]). ψυχὴ ζωῆς living thing 16:3 (cp. Gen 1:30; Just., D. 6, 1 ἡ ψυχὴ ἤτοι ζωή ἐστιν ἢ ζωὴν ἔχει). πρὸς ζωῆς necessary for life 1 Cl 20:10. Of the indestructible life of those clothed in the heavenly body 2 Cor 5:4. The life of the risen Christ also has this character Ro 5:10; 2 Cor 4:10f; ζ. ἀκατάλυτος Hb 7:16. ὁδοὶ ζωῆς Ac 2:28 (Ps 15:11). Christ is ἐν θανάτῳ ζ. ἀληθινή IEph 7:2.

ⓑ means of sustenance, livelihood (Hdt. et al.; Sir 4:1; 29:21) Hs 9, 26, 2.

ⓒ the course or mode of one’s life (cp. βίος 1) Hm 8, 4 and 9; 11, 7 and 16; Hs 9, 16, 2 al. In some of these pass. a transition to the moral aspect is apparent.

② transcendent life, life

ⓐ God and Christ

α. God as ζωή Dg 9:6b; as ζωὴ αἰώνιος 1J 5:20. Of the cross IEph 18:1. It is true of God that ἔχει ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ J 5:26a. God’s commandment is eternal life 12:50 (cp. Philo, Fug. 198 God is the πρεσβυτάτη πηγὴ ζωῆς; Herm. Wr. 11, 13; 14; 12, 15 God the πλήρωμα τ. ζωῆς; PGM 3, 602 [s. Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 286, ln. 11]; the deity called Νοῦς as ζωή and φῶς Herm. Wr. 1:9, 12, 17, 21, 32; 13:9, 18, 19. Cp. also Ps 35:10; 55:14; SibOr Fgm. 3, 34; JosAs 8:10f al.).

β. of Christ, who received life fr. God J 5:26b (ἡ ζωὴ τῆς πίστεως ParJer 9:14). ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν 1:4a; cp. 1J 5:11b. He is the ἀρχηγὸς τ. ζωῆς Ac 3:15, the λόγος τ. ζωῆς 1J 1:1; cp. vs. 2, the ἄρτος τ. ζωῆς J 6:35, 48; cp. vs. 33 (EJanot, Le pain de vie: Gregorianum 11, 1930, 161–70), also simply ζωή 11:25; 14:6 or ἡ ζ. ὑμῶν Col 3:4; cp. B 2, 10; IMg 9:1. Since the life in him was τὸ φῶς τ. ἀνθρώπων J 1:4b, people through following him obtain τὸ φῶς τ. ζωῆς 8:12 (on the combination of light and life cp. 1QS 3, 7 and the Orph. Hymns to Helios no. 8, 18 Qu. ζωῆς φῶς, as well as Christian ins of Rome [Ramsay, Luke the Physician 1908 p. 375, 238 A.D.], where a father calls his dead son γλυκύτερον φωτὸς καὶ ζοῆς; s. also α above).—SBartina, La vida como historia en J 1:1–18, Biblica 49, ’68, 91–96.

ⓑ The discussion now turns naturally to the life of the believers, which proceeds fr. God and Christ.

α. without (clear) eschatol. implications, of the life of grace and holiness ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατεῖν walk in (i.e. live) a new life Ro 6:4; cp. IEph 19:3. ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τ. ζωῆς τ. θεοῦ estranged fr. the life of God Eph 4:18 (cp. Philo, Post. Cai. 69 τῆς θεοῦ ζωῆς ἀπεσχοινίσθαι). ἡ ζωὴ τ. ἀνθρώπων the (true) life of persons (in God) Hm 2:1.—Of the life of salvation and of glory. It is ζ. κυρίου B 1:4 (cp. PGM 12, 255 κύριε τ. ζωῆς; 13, 783) or ζ. ἐν Χρ. Ἰησοῦ 2 Ti 1:1; cp. ζωὴν ὑμῖν ὁ κύριος χαρίζεται Hs 9, 28, 6; effected by his words or by the proclamation of the gospel: ῥήματα ζ. αἰωνίου J 6:68; cp. vs. 63. τὰ ῥήματα τῆς ζ. ταύτης Ac 5:20. λόγος ζωῆς word of life Phil 2:16; cp. 2 Ti 1:10; 2 Cor 4:12. Hence the apostle, proclaiming the gospel, can term himself the bearer of the ‘fragrance of Christ’, leading those appointed to this bliss, the rescued ἐκ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν from life to life (i.e., as it seems, ever more deeply into the divine life) 2 Cor 2:16.—The Spirit stands w. Christ as the power of life πνεῦμα τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χρ. Ἰησοῦ the spirit of life in Chr. J. Ro 8:2; cp. vss. 6, 10 and J 6:63.—Like the words of Christ, the divine ἐντολή is also to bring life Ro 7:10; Hm 7:5; Hs 8, 7, 6. This ζ. is regarded as God’s gift ζ. ἐν ἀθανασίᾳ 1 Cl 35:2. W. ἀφθαρσία 2 Ti 1:10; 2 Cl 14:5; IPol 2:3. W. γνῶσις D 9:3; Dg 12:3–7. W. εὐσέβεια 2 Pt 1:3. W. εἰρήνη Ro 8:6. W. σωτηρία 2 Cl 19:1. ἀγάπην ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀρχὴ ζωὴς καὶ τέλος IEph 14:1. Christians, who truly belong to the ἐκκλησία τῆς ζωῆς 2 Cl 14:1, are heirs of life, the gift of grace 1 Pt 3:7. This life, as long as they are in the body, κέκρυπται σὺν τ. Χριστῷ ἐν τῷ θεῷ is hidden with Christ in God Col 3:3. Those who forfeit their ζ. (=their real life in contrast to their physical existence as ψυχή) are excluded fr. the life of glory Hv 1, 1, 9; Hs 6, 2, 3; 8, 6, 4; 6; 8, 8, 2f; 5; 9, 21, 4.—Cp. also Ac 11:18 (s. 1QS 3, 1); 13:46, 48. ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζ. D 1:2; 4:14. τὰς τρίβους τῆς ζ. Hs 5, 6, 3. Esp. in Johannine usage the term ζ. is copiously employed, as a rule to designate the result of faith in Christ; in most cases it is stated expressly that the follower of Jesus possesses life even in this world: ἔχειν ζωήν (Theophr. in a scholion on Pla. 631c εἰ ζωὴν εἶχεν ὁ πλοῦτος=‘had life, were alive’) J 3:15f, 36a; 5:24a, 40; 6:40, 47, 51, 53f; 10:10; 20:31; 1J 3:15; 5:12ab, 13. διδόναι ζωήν (cp. Sb 8202, 3 [105 B.C.]) J 10:28; 17:2; 1J 5:11.—Cp. 5:16. ὁρᾶν ζωήν J 3:36b. μεταβεβηκέναι ἐκ τ. θανάτου εἰς τ. ζωήν to have passed fr. death into life J 5:24; 1J 3:14. Hence in the eschatol. pass. J 5:29 ἀνάστασις ζωῆς means not a resurrection to enter life (cp. 2 Macc 7:14 and MPol 14:2, where ἀνάστασις ζωῆς αἰ., it seems, is res. to everlasting life), but a resurrection which corresponds to the Christian’s possession of life here and now, a resurrection proceeding from life. J is fond of calling this Life ζ. αἰώνιος, as in many pass. just cited (s. αἰώνιος 3) J 3:15f, 36; 4:14, 36; 5:24, 39; 6:27, 40, 47, 54, 68; 10:28; 12:25, 50; 17:2f; 1J 1:2; 2:25; 3:15; 5:11, 13, 20. But the use of this expr. in our lit. is by no means limited to J and 1J; it is also found in Mt, Mk, Lk, Ac, Ro, Gal, 1 Ti, Tit, Jd, 2 Cl, Ign, MPol, Hermas, Didache (Just., Mel., Ath.; Orig., C. Cels. 2, 77, 31 [w. ἀνάστασις]; cp. αἴδιος ζ. Tat. 14, 2) w. unmistakable eschatol. connotation.

β. ζ. (and ζ. αἰώνιος; cp. 1QS 4:7 and s. J 3:15 al.; opp. ἀπώλεια TestAbr B 8 p. 113, 2 [Stone p. 74]) is used of life in the blessed period of final consummation, in the foll. pass.: ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ζ. αἰ. in the coming age eternal life Mk 10:30; Lk 18:30; cp. Mt 19:29 (Ar. 15, 3 ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰώνος). τί ποιήσω ἵνα ζ. αἰ. κληρονομήσω; Mk 10:17; cp. Lk 18:18; 10:25; Mt 19:16f (PsSol 14:10). As a result of the Last Judgment ἀπελεύσονται οἱ δίκαιοι εἰς ζ. αἰ. Mt 25:46 (cp. PsSol 13:11); s. also Ro 2:7 (cp. 1QS 4:6–8).—Cp. also Mt 7:14; 18:8f; Mk 9:43, 45; Ro 5:17f, 21; 6:22f; ζ. ἐκ νεκρῶν life for those who have come out of the state of death 11:15.—Gal 6:8; 1 Ti 1:16; 6:12, 19; 1 Pt 3:10 (Ps 33:13); Jd 21; 2 Cl 8:4, 6; Dg 9:1, 6a. For 2 Cor 5:4 s. 1a. Of martyrs τὴν αἰώνιον ζ. ἐξαγοραζόμενοι purchasing eternal life for themselves MPol 2:3 (Mosquensis, other Gk. codd. κόλασιν). W. ἀνάπαυσις τ. μελλούσης βασιλείας 2 Cl 5:5. This life is called ἡ ὄντως ζ. the real, true life (the redundancy may derive from awareness of a distinction sometimes made in the Gr-Rom. world between real living ζωή and biological existence βίος; s., e.g., IPriene 105, 10=OGI 458, 10; cp. Cass. Dio 69, 19) 1 Ti 6:19; ζωῆς ἀληθοῦς Dg 12:4; ἡ ἐπουράνιος ζ. 2 Cl 20:5; ἀί̈διος ζ. IEph 19:3 (s. ἀί̈διος). Hope is directed toward it, ζωῆς ἐλπίς B 1:6; cp. Tit 1:2; 3:7; Hs 9, 26, 2.—The references to future glory include the foll. expressions: βίβλος or βιβλίον (τῆς) ζωῆς (s. βίβλος 2) Phil 4:3; Rv 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27; Hv 1, 3, 2. τὸ ξύλον (τῆς) ζωῆς the tree of life (4 Macc 18:16; cp. Pr 3:18; Gen 2:9; PsSol 14:3; ParJer 9:16 [δένδρον]; ApcEsdr 2:11; ApcMos 19 al.; Philo.—ξύλον 3) Rv 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19; Dg 12:3f. στέφανος τ. ζωῆς (s. Bousset, Rel.³ 277f; MDibelius on Js 1:12; FCumont, Études syriennes 1917, 63–69; s. στέφανος) Js 1:12; Rv 2:10. ὕδωρ (τῆς) ζωῆς (Just., D. 19, 2 βάπτισμα; cp. ὕδωρ 2) 21:6; 22:1, 17. πηγὴ ζωῆς B 11:2 (cp. Jer 2:13; Ps 35:10; OdeSol 11:6). ζωῆς πηγαὶ ὑδάτων springs of living water Rv 7:17. For ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς s. ἄρτος 2 end.—FBurkitt, ZNW 12, 1911, 228–30; RCharles, A Critical Hist. of the Doctrine of a Fut. Life in Israel, in Judaism and in Christianity² 1913; FLindblom, D. ewige Leben 1914; Bousset, Rel.³ 269–95; JFrey, Biblica 13, ’32, 129–68.—EvDobschütz, D. Gewissheit des ew. Leb. nach d. NT: ‘Dienet einander’ 29, 1920/21, 1–8; 43–52; 65–71; 97–101; JUbbink, Het eeuwige leven bij Pls 1917; ESommerlath, D. Ursprung d. neuen Lebens nach Pls² 1926; JMüller, D. Lebensbegr. d. Hl. Pls ’40; NvArseniew, D. neue Leben nach dem Eph: Internat. Kirchl. Ztschr. 20, 1930, 230–36; EvSchrenk, D. joh. Anschauung vom ‘Leben’ 1898; JFrey, ‘Vie’ dans l’Év. de St. Jean: Biblica 1, 1920, 37–58; 211–39; RBultmann, D. Eschatol. d. Joh Ev.: Zwischen d. Zeiten 6, 1928, 1ff; HPribnow, D. joh. Anschauung v. ‘Leben’ ’34; DLyons, The Concept of Eternal Life in J ’38; JKoole, Diorama Johanneum. Ζωή: GereformTT 43, ’42, 276–84; FMussner, ΖΩΗ (Joh. lit.), diss. Munich ’52; DHill, Gk. Words and Hebrew Mngs. ’67, 163–201.—B. 285. S. βίος and Schmidt, Syn. IV 40–53. DELG s.v. ζώω 1. EDNT. M-M. TW. Sv.

ζωογονέω (N. text ζῳογ-, but correct is ζωογ- fr. the adj ζωός ‘living’ + γενέσθαι, cp. ζωοποιέω, s. B-D-F §26; difft. ζῷον, s. DELG s.v. ζώω) fut. ζωογονήσω; 1 aor. ἐζωογόνησα LXX; plpf. 2 pl. ἐζωοκονήκειτε Judg 8:19 v.l. (Aristot., Theophr. et al.; Herm. Wr. 9, 6; LXX; JosAs 12:2 cod. A [p. 12, 22 Bat.]; Philo; Mel., P. 101, 776 v.l. [for ἐζωοποίησα, s. Ch.]).

① to cause to be alive, give life to, make alive (Theophr., CP 4, 15, 4; Athen. 7, 298c; 1 Km 2:6) τὶ someth. (s. Theophr. and Athen., loc. cit.) τὰ πάντα 1 Ti 6:13.

② to cause to remain alive, keep/preserve alive (Diod S 1, 23, 4; Ex 1:17f; Judg 8:19; 1 Km 27:9, 11; 3 Km 21:31; Philopon. in Aristot., An. p. 332, 9 Hayduck; Theophanes Conf. 337, 31; 379, 21 de Boor; Georg. Mon. 166, 9 de B.) τὴν ψυχήν Lk 17:33. Pass. Ac 7:19.—M-M. TW. Spicq.

ζωοποιέω (ζωός + ποιέω; N. reads w. iota subscr., but ζωοπ- is correct; s. B-D-F §26 and s. on ζῷον beg.) fut. ζωοποιήσω; 1 aor. ἐζωοποίησα (LXX; Mel., P, 101, 776), inf. ζωοποιῆσαι, pass. ἐζωοποιήθην Hm 4, 3, 7, ptc. ζωοποιηθείς (AcPlCor 2:8) (Aristot. and Theophr. et al.; Herm. Wr.; LXX; TestGad 4:6; JosAs 8:2, 10; EpArist 16; Mel.; Ath., R. 51, 22; ψυχὴ ζ. καὶ κινεῖ τὸ σῶμα Orig., C. Cels. 6, 48, 17). In other lit. (e.g., Aristot., Theophr.) ζ.=ζωογονέω in the sense of ‘propagate living creatures’. In LXX and NT

① to cause to live, make alive, give life to, esp. in a transcendent sense

ⓐ subj. God, Christ, and Spirit; of God (ὁ θεραπεύων καὶ ζ. Theoph. Ant. 1, 7 [p. 72, 17]), who ζ. τὰ πάντα gives life to all things 1 Ti 6:13 v.l. (for ζῳογονοῦντος; cp. 2 Esdr 19:6). Esp. of dead persons who are called to life τοὺς νεκρούς (TestGad 4:6) bring the dead to life J 5:21a (cp. ins in MSchwabe, Israel Exploration Journ. 4, ’54, 249–61); cp. 21b; Ro 4:17. τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ὑμῶν 8:11. θανατοῦνται καὶ ζωοποιοῦνται Dg 5:12 (on the contrast betw. the two verbs cp. 4 Km 5:7). Christ θανατωθεὶς μὲν σαρκὶ ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι 1 Pt 3:18. Through his suffering (=‘death’; s. πάσχω 3aα) Christ gives life to the believers B 12:5 (for 7:2 s. b below). ἐν τ. Χριστῷ πάντες ζῳοποιηθήσονται 1 Cor 15:22. The Spirit is called life-giving J 6:63; (contrasted w. the letter) 2 Cor 3:6. So Christ, ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ, ἐγένετο εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν 1 Cor 15:45. ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός … ἐζητήθη ἵνα ζωοποιηθῇ διὰ τῆ υἱοθεσίας (humanity) was sought (by its Father) so that it might be restored to life through adoption AcPlCor 2:7f.

ⓑ of things, circumstances, words. The law cannot do so Gal 3:21. τῷ λόγῳ ζωοποιούμενοι ζήσομεν through the word we shall be kept alive and shall (really) live B 6:17b; through the Shepherd’s word ἐζωοποιήθην I feel new life Hm 4, 3, 7. ἵνα ἡ πληγὴ αὐτοῦ ζωοποιήσῃ ἡμᾶς so that his wound might give life to us B 7:2. αὐτὸς ὢν νεκρὸς δύναται ζωοποιῆσαι although it (the serpent Num 21:8f) is dead it can bestow life in typification of Christ 12:7. Baptism makes alive Hs 9, 16, 2; cp. 9, 16, 7. κολαζόμενοι χαίρουσιν ὡς ζωοποιούμενοι when they are punished they rejoice in awareness of being awakened to life Dg 5:16 (s. ὡς 3aβ).—Cp. Paul’s illustration of sprouting seed ὸ̔ σπείρεις οὐ ζῳοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ 1 Cor 15:36 (Geopon. 9, 11, 7; Herm. Wr. 9, 6).

② to keep alive, sustain life of nourishing milk for a child γάλακτι ζωοποιεῖται it is kept alive with milk B 6:17a (illustrative of the divine word, s. 1b).—DELG s.v. ζώω. M-M. TW. Sv.

ζῷον, ου, τό (also ζῶον; for sp. B-D-F §26, Mlt-H. §36, L-S-J-M s.v.; cp. Rob. 194f; Pre-Socr., Hdt.+).

① a living creature, wild or domesticated, but not including plants, animal in our lit. exclusive of human beings (Diod S 3, 31, 2; 5, 45, 1; Epict. 3, 1, 1; Jos., Ant. 3, 228; apolog. [Tat. 15, 2 Περὶ ζώων] as book title) Hb 13:11; 1 Cl 20:4, 10; 33:3; B 10:7f; Ox 840, 4 (s. JJeremias, ConNeot 11, ’48, 98); Hm 12, 4, 1 v.l.; GJs 3:2 (tame animals, s. deStrycker ad loc. [opp. τὸ … λογικὸν ζῶον, ὁ ἄνθρωπος Just., D. 93, 3]). ἄλογα ζῷα (s. ἄλογος 1) 2 Pt 2:12; Jd 10.

② a creature that transcends normal descriptive categories and is freq. composite, living thing/being (cp. Diod S 4, 47, 3 of a dragon; OGI 90, 31 τῷ τε Ἄπει καὶ τῷ Μνεύει … καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἱεροῖς ζῴοις τοῖς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ; PTebt 5, 78 [118 B.C.]; 57, 12; POxy 1188, 4; Herm. Wr. 11, 7; Ath. 18, 3; God no σύνθετον ζῶον ‘composite animal’ Just., D. 114, 3; Ath. 6, 3; of an embryo Ath. 35, 2) of the miraculous bird, the phoenix 1 Cl 25:3. Of the four peculiar beings at God’s throne, whose description Rv 4:6–9 reminds one of the ζῷα in Ezk 1:5ff, the cherubim. S. also Rv 5:6, 8, 11, 14; 6:1, 3, 5–7; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4.

③ One isolated pass. in our lit. has ζῶα in the sense living creatures, including both humans and animals (Cornutus 16 p. 20, 20; Ael. Aristid. 45, 32 K.; Jos., Ant. 1, 41; Just., D. 4, 2; 107, 2) 1 Cl 9:4.—SLongsdale, Attitudes towards Animals in Ancient Greece: Greece and Rome, 2d ser. 26, ’79, 146–59 (lit.).—B. 137. DELG s.v. ζώω. M-M. TW.

συζάω (Aeschyl., Pla. et al.; EpArist, Philo; Just., D. 47, 2; Ath., R. 10 p. 54, 9 al.) fut. συζήσω (on the spelling συνζάω s. B-D-F §19, 2; Rob. 217; W-S. §5, 25) live with τινί someone (Demosth. 19, 69; Kaibel 1085, 2; EpArist 130) of living with a sinner Hm 4, 1, 9. Of the believer’s life w. the exalted Lord Ro 6:8 (s. σύμφυτος). Also μετά τινος (Demosth. 18, 314 v.l.; Plut., Pyrrh. 396 [20, 4]; Aristot., EN 8, 3 p. 1156a, 27 μετʼ ἀλλήλων) of living w. one’s wife Hm 4, 1, 4f; w. polytheists Hs 8, 9, 1; 3. Abs. (w. συναποθνῄσκειν as Athen. 6, 54, 249b τούτους [the bodyguards] οἱ βασιλεῖς ἔχουσι συζῶντας καὶ συναποθνῄσκοντας): the Corinthians have a place in Paul’s heart εἰς τὸ συναποθανεῖν καὶ συζῆν to live together and die together 2 Cor 7:3. The Christians die and live w. their Lord 2 Ti 2:11.—DELG s.v. ζώω. M-M. s.v. συνζάω. TW.