from life

1) the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead:

2) the period between birth and death:

3) liveliness:

4) a manner of living:

5) the period during which any particular state exists:

6) living things:

7) the story of a life:

8) life imprisonment:

the life span of a product from development, through testing, promotion, growth, and maturity, to decline and perhaps regeneration. A new product is first developed and then introduced to the market. Once the introduction is successful, a growth period follows with wider awareness of the product and increasing sales. The product enters maturity when sales stop growing and demand stabilizes. Eventually, sales may decline until the product is finally withdrawn from the market or redeveloped.

the three phases through which brands pass as they are introduced, grow, and then decline. The three stages of the brand life cycle are: the introductory period, during which the brand is developed and is introduced to the market; the growth period, when the brand faces competition from other products of a similar nature; and, finally, the maturity period in which the brand either extends to other products or its image is constantly updated. Without careful brand management, the maturity period can lead to decline and result in the brand being withdrawn. Similar stages can be observed in the product life cycle.

from life

• from a live figure

• from life

• from nature

1 natural (no artificial).

al natural in the flesh (en persona)

es más guapa al natural que en la fotografía she's prettier in real life than in the photograph

ser natural en alguien to be in somebody's nature

2 natural, normal.

es lo más natural del mundo it's the most natural thing in the world, it's perfectly natural

es natural que se enfade it's natural that he should be angry

3 native (nativo).

ser natural de to come from

4 illegitimate (ilegítimo) (hijo).

5 native born, native, natural.

1 native (nativo).

2 character.

nature, disposition (talante).

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► adjetivo

1 (no artificial) natural

2 (fruta, flor) fresh

3 (sin elaboración) plain; (sin alteración) additive-free

■ yogur natural plain yoghurt

4 (espontáneo) unaffected, natural

■ en esta foto has quedado más natural you look more natural in this photo

5 (lógico) natural, to be expected

6 (ilegítimo) natural, illegitimate

► nombre masculino

1 (temperamento) nature, disposition

■ es de natural irritable he is irritable by nature

2 (nativo) native, inhabitant

3 (en toreo) type of pass

\

al natural (en la realidad) in real life 2 COCINA in its own juice

de tamaño natural life-sized

del natural (pintado, sacado) from life

ser natural de to be a native of, come from

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1) natural

2) native

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1. ADJ

1) (=no artificial) [calor] natural; [luz, frontera] natural; [seda] pure; [flor] real

2) (=fresco) fresh

3) (=sin aditivos) natural

4) (=a temperatura ambiente)

5) (=innato) natural

6) (=normal) natural

7) (=no afectado) natural

8) (=ilegítimo) illegitimate

9) (=nativo)

10)

11) (Mús) natural

SMF native

3. SM

1) (=carácter) nature

2)

3) (Arte)

4) (Taur) type of pass

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1)

a) < fenómeno> natural; < ingredientes> natural

b) ( a temperatura ambiente) <cerveza/gaseosa> unchilled

c) (Mús) natural

2)

a) ( espontáneo) <gesto/persona> natural

b) ( inherente) natural, innate

c) ( normal) natural

3) (frml) ( nativo)

1) ( carácter) nature

2) ( nativo) native

3) (Art)

4) (Taur) close pass made with the muleta held in the left hand

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= natural, effortless, natural-born, native, naturally-occurring.

Ex. Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex. The effortless ease of such replies does conceal from the enquirer the extensive anticipatory effort of the librarian in studying the sources of information and his prior experience in their use.

Ex. Giving a natural-born leader a new book to read for himself will mean that, if he likes it, very soon other children in the group will be wanting to read it too = Dar a un líder nato un nuevo libro para que lo lea por su cuenta significa que, si le gusta, muy pronto otros niños del grupo querrán leerlo también.

Ex. Malcolm Stanhope, also a native of the state, entered the library field at the age of 30, after having been a computer salesman for eight years.

Ex. This is a naturally-occurring abrasive traditionally employed in buffing metal.

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* a escala natural = full-scale.

* alimentos naturales = health food.

* catástrofe natural = natural calamity, natural disaster.

* ciencias naturales = natural sciences.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* consecuencia natural = corollary.

* defensas naturales = natural defences.

* derecho natural = natural right, natural law.

* desastre natural = natural disaster, natural calamity.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* en su estado natural = in the wild.

* entorno natural = natural setting.

* entorno natural, el = natural environment, the.

* estado natural = natural state.

* fibra natural = natural fibre.

* formar parte natural de su entorno = blend into + the landscape.

* gas natural = natural gas.

* habilidad natural = natural ability.

* hábitat natural = wildlife habitat.

* iluminación natural = natural lighting.

* lenguaje de indización natural = natural indexing language.

* lenguaje natural = natural language.

* luz natural = natural daylight, natural light.

* madre o padre natural = birth parent.

* mes natural = calendar month.

* mirador natural = belvedere.

* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.

* muerte natural = natural death.

* museo de ciencias naturales = natural science museum.

* natural del país = native-born.

* paisaje natural = natural scenery, natural landscape.

* paraje natural = wildland.

* parque natural = nature park.

* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.

* producto natural = natural product.

* recursos de gas natural = natural gas resources.

* reserva natural = nature reserve, nature preserve, wildlife preserve.

* ser algo natural para = be second nature to + Pronombre, come + naturally to.

* ser natural de = be a native of.

* sobrenatural, lo = supernatural, the.

* sopa natural = fresh soup.

* tendencia natural = in-built tendency.

* término del lenguaje natural = natural-language term.

* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store, health food shop.

* ventilación natural = natural ventilation.

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1)

a) < fenómeno> natural; < ingredientes> natural

b) ( a temperatura ambiente) <cerveza/gaseosa> unchilled

c) (Mús) natural

2)

a) ( espontáneo) <gesto/persona> natural

b) ( inherente) natural, innate

c) ( normal) natural

3) (frml) ( nativo)

1) ( carácter) nature

2) ( nativo) native

3) (Art)

4) (Taur) close pass made with the muleta held in the left hand

* * *

* * *

1 ‹fenómeno› natural; ‹ingredientes› natural

una de las grandes bellezas naturales de nuestro país one of our country's great natural beauty spots

2 (sin elaboración) natural

en estado natural natural, native

¿piña natural o de lata? fresh pineapple or tinned?

al natural ‹mejillones› in brine

una lata de tomates al natural a can of tomatoes in natural juice

es mucho más bonita al natural she's much prettier without makeup

3 (a temperatura ambiente) ‹cerveza/gaseosa› unchilled

se sirve al natural serve at room temperature

4 ( Mús) natural

fa natural F natural

1 (sin afectación, espontáneo) ‹gesto/pose/persona› natural

es muy natural en el trato she has a very natural manner

2 (inherente) natural, innate

una inclinación natural hacia la música a natural o an innate musical ability

la generosidad es natural en ella she's generous by nature

3 (normal) natural

se acostó tarde y como es natural se quedó dormida she went to bed late and, of course o naturally, overslept

me parece lo más natural del mundo it seems perfectly natural to me

es natural que le cueste adaptarse it's quite natural o normal that he should find it hard to adapt

es muy natural que le hayan dicho que no it's only natural that they refused o that they should have refused him

C ( frml) (nativo) ser natural DE to be a native OF, to come FROM

Juan Prieto, de 33 años, natural de Alicante Juan Prieto, 33 years old, from Alicante

A (carácter) nature

es de natural generoso she has a generous nature, she is generous by nature

B (nativo) native

los naturales del lugar people from the area

C ( Art):

pintar/dibujar del natural to paint/draw from life

D ( Taur) close pass made with the muleta held in the left hand

(nativo) native

los naturales del lugar the people from the area

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a) ‹fenómeno/ingrediente› natural;

◊ al natural ‹ mejillones› in brine

b) ( a temperatura ambiente) ‹cerveza/gaseosa› unchilled

c) (Mús) natural

a) ( espontáneo) ‹gesto/persona› natural

b) ( inherente) natural, innate

c) ( normal) natural;

◊ me parece lo más natural del mundo it seems perfectly natural to me

a) ( carácter) nature

b) ( nativo) native;

◊ los naturales del lugar people from the area

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♦ adj

1. [de la naturaleza] [recursos, frontera] natural;

un fenómeno natural a natural phenomenon

2. [sin aditivos] [yogur] natural;

al natural [fruta] in its own juice;

es más guapa al natural que en la fotografía she's prettier in real life o in the flesh than in the photograph

3. [fresco] [flores, fruta, leche] fresh

4. [lógico, normal] natural, normal;

ser natural en alguien to be in sb's nature;

es lo más natural del mundo it's the most natural thing in the world, it's perfectly natural;

es natural que se enfade it's natural that he should be angry

5. [nativo] native;

ser natural de to come from

6. [ilegítimo] illegitimate;

hijo natural illegitimate child

7. [hábil y no hábil]

30 días naturales de vacaciones 30 days' holiday (including weekends)

8. RP [del tiempo] unchilled, at room temperature;

un agua natural a glass of unchilled water

9. Mús natural

♦ nmf

♦ nm

1. [talante] nature, disposition

2. Arte

3. Taurom = left-handed pass without the sword

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I adj

1 natural;

es natural it’s only natural

2 MÚS nota natural

ser natural de come from

II m

fruta al natural fruit in its own juice

* * *

natural adj

1) : natural

2) : normal

como es natural: naturally, as expected

natural de : native of, from

de tamaño natural : life-size

natural nm

1) carácter: disposition, temperament

2) : native

un natural de Venezuela: a native of Venezuela

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natural¹ adj (en general) natural

natural² n

torn. cut off (от from)

(за села и пр.-поради наводнение и пр.) marooned

(загубил връзка с) out of touch (with)

(от-чужден) estranged

(за изречение и пр.) out of its context

откъснат лист a loose leaf

откъснат от живота estranged/divorced from life, remote from real life

откъснат от действителността out of touch with reality

откъснат от това, което става detached from what is happening

откъснат крайник a severed limb

теория, откъсната от практиката a theory divorced from practice

откъснат от света (за селище) remote, godforsaken

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откъ̀снат,

мин. страд. прич. torn, cut off (от from); (за село и пр. ­ поради наводнение и пр.) marooned; ( загубил връзка с) out of touch (with); disconnected (from); detached (from); ( отчужден) estranged; (за изречение и пр.) out of its context; \откъснат крайник a severed limb; \откъснат лист a loose leaf; \откъснат от живота estranged/divorced from life, remote from real life; \откъснат от света (за селище) remote, godforsaken; теория, \откъсната от практиката a theory divorced from practice.

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disconnected

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〈 het〉

1 [het bestaan] life ⇒ existence

2 [werkelijkheid, levensechtheid] life ⇒ reality

3 [levensduur] life, lifetime

4 [levenswijze] life ⇒ living

5 [morele handel en wandel] life

6 [levensloop, levensgeschiedenis] life ⇒ life history

7 [verschijnselen/werkzaamheden in een kring] life

8 [levensonderhoud] life ⇒ living

9 [lawaai] life ⇒ noise

10 [drukte, levendigheid, activiteit] life ⇒ liveliness

♦voorbeelden:

1   elkaar op leven en dood bestrijden • wage a life-and-death struggle

     het leven begint bij 40 • life begins at 40

     zijn leven geven voor zijn land • lay down one's life for one's country

     voor hun leven wordt gevreesd • there are fears for their lives

     zijn leven hangt aan een zijden draad(je) • his life hangs by a thread

     de aanslag heeft aan twee mensen het leven gekost • the attack cost the lives of two people

     zo is het leven • that's life

     dat kostte hem het leven • that killed him/cost him his life

     het leven laten/erbij inschieten • lose one's life

     zijn leven loopt op een eind • his end is drawing near

     het leven schenken aan • give birth to

     iemand het leven schenken • spare someone's life

     zijn leven duur verkopen • sell one's life dearly, fight to the bitter end

     zijn leven wagen • risk one's life

     bij leven en welzijn • if all is well

     iets in leven houden • keep something alive

     nog in leven zijn • be still alive

     in leven blijven • stay/keep alive

     iemand naar het leven staan • be after someone's blood

     om het leven komen • lose one's life, be killed

     iemand om het leven brengen • kill someone

     op gewelddadige wijze om het leven komen • meet (with) a violent death

     het leven van alle dag • everyday life

     rennen alsof je leven ervan afhangt • run for one's life

     zijn leven niet (meer) zeker zijn • be not safe here (anymore)

     als je leven je lief is • if you value your life

     〈 spreekwoord〉 zolang er leven is, is er hoop • while there is life there is hope

2   een stichting in het leven roepen • establish an association

     een organisatie in het leven roepen • set up an organization

     tekenen/schilderen naar het leven • draw/paint from life/nature

     uit het leven gegrepen • true to life, taken/drawn from (real) life

3   je doet er je hele leven mee • it will last you all your life

     zijn hele verdere leven • for the rest of his life

     zijn leven slijten • spend one's days

     dat heb ik nog nooit van mijn leven gezien • I have never seen that in my life

     van zijn leven niet • never (in all my life)

     heb je van je leven! • well, I never!

     hij is voor zijn leven invalide • he will be an invalid for the rest of his life

     voor het leven benoemd • appointed for life

     een lidmaatschap voor het leven • a life membership

     voor het leven getekend • marked for life

     iemand het leven zuur maken • make someone's life a misery

4   een druk leven hebben • lead a busy life

     zijn eigen leven leiden • lead one's own life

     〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn eigen leven gaan leiden • lead/assume a life of its own 〈bijvoorbeeld van verhaal/gerucht〉

     een gemakkelijk leven hebben • have an easy life

     een nieuw leven beginnen • turn over a new leaf

     zijn leven beteren • mend one's ways

     zij heeft geen leven bij die man • that man makes her life a misery

     hoe staat het leven? • how's life?

5   een dubbel leven leiden • lead a double life

     een losbandig leven leiden • lead a wild life

6   mijn/hun leven lang • all my life/their lives

     bij/tijdens zijn leven • in/during his lifetime

7   het maatschappelijk/het huiselijk leven • public/private life

     in het volle leven staan • be in touch with things

8   het leven wordt steeds duurder • the cost of living is going up all the time

9   leven maken • make a noise

10  een onderneming nieuw leven inblazen • breathe/inject new life into a firm

     leven in de brouwerij brengen • stir/liven things up, get things going

     er kwam leven in de brouwerij • things were beginning to liven up

     iets/iemand weer tot leven brengen • bring something/someone to life again

¶   een bruin leven • a good/an easy life

     hij heeft ook het eeuwige leven niet • he won't last for ever

     〈 ironisch〉 toen begon het lieve leven(tje) • then the fat was in the fire

     de bescherming van het ongeboren leven • protection of the unborn child

     〈 prostitutie〉 in het leven • on the game

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I 〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [niet dood zijn] live ⇒ be alive

2 [met betrekking tot zaken/voorstellingen] live (on)

3 [zich voeden] live on

4 [zijn dagen doorbrengen] live

5 [zich gedragen] live

6 [in zijn onderhoud voorzien] live (on/by) ⇒ 〈 vaak pejoratief〉 live off

♦voorbeelden:

1   blijven leven • stay alive

     mens, durf te leven • come on, live a little

     hij heeft niet lang meer te leven • he has not long to live

     eeuwig leven • live eternally

     en zij leefden nog lang en gelukkig • and they lived happily ever after

     langer leven dan iemand • outlive someone

     haar ouders leven niet meer • her parents are no longer alive

     leef je nog? • are you still alive?

     in leven en sterven • till death do us part

     〈 figuurlijk〉 te weinig om te leven en te veel om te sterven • hardly sufficient to keep body and soul together

     hij weet van voren niet dat hij van achteren leeft • 〈 aartsdom〉 he is not all there; 〈 de kluts kwijt〉 he's completely at sixes and sevens

     〈 spreekwoord〉 wie dan leeft, die dan zorgt • you have to take things as they come

2   dat gevoel leeft heel sterk • that feeling is still very strong

     bij veel mensen leeft het idee … • many people still have the idea …

     leeft die vaas nog? • is that vase still in one piece?

     de kermis leeft niet meer bij de mensen • fun fairs no longer appeal to people

     wat er leeft binnen de organisatie • what is going on inside the organization

3   op brood en rauwkost leven • live on bread and raw vegetables

4   de nu levende generatie • the present generation

     met deze man is/valt niet te leven • you can't live with that man

     in angst leven • live in fear

     met iemand in vrede leven • live in peace with someone

     we leven toch in een vrij land? • it's a free country, isn't it?

     naar iets toe leven • look forward to something

5   erop los leven • lead a wild life

     stil gaan leven • retire

     zij leven langs elkaar heen • they have little to say to each other

6   van duizend gulden kun je niet leven • you can't live on a thousand guilders

     goed kunnen leven • be comfortably off

     zij kan er goed van leven • she can live well from it

     zij moet ervan leven • she has to live on it

     hij heeft genoeg om van te leven • he has enough to get by

     van dit vak kun je niet leven • you can't make a living out of this trade

¶   leve de democratie • three cheers for democracy

     leve de koningin! • long live the Queen!

     deze romanpersonages leven • these characters are true to life

     weten wat er leeft onder de bevolking • know what people are thinking

II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [een leven leiden] live

♦voorbeelden:

1   een eenzaam leven leven • lead a solitary/lonely life

¶   geleefd worden • have one's life lived for one

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.