diligence

Greek Noun Female

σπουδή, -ῆς, ἡ (σπεύδω), [in LXX chiefly for בָּהַל, its parts and derivatives;] 1) haste, speed: μετὰ σ. (Wis.19:2), Mrk.6:25, Luk.1:39. 2) zeal, diligence, earnestness: Rom.12:11, 2Co.7:11-12 8:7-8; ἐν σ, Rom.12:8 (see M, Pr, 104); before ὑπέρ, 2Co.8:16; σπουδὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, Heb.6:11; σ. παρεισφέρειν, 2Pe.1:5; πᾶσαν σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Ju 3 (see MM, xxiii; M, Pr., 214; Deiss, BS, 361, 364). (AS)

diligence

Greek Noun Female

σπουδή, ἡ, (σπεύδω) haste, speed, σπουδὴν ἔχειν make haste, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἔσται τῆς ὁδοῦ haste on the journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χωρίον, οἷ σπουδὴν ἔχω whither I am hastening, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδῇ in haste, see infr. IV; σὺν σπουδῇ ταχύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν πάσῃ σ. with all dispatch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; διὰ σπουδῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ σ. [NT+5th c.BC+] II) zeal, pains, trouble, effort, ἄτερ σπουδῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῆς ὑπὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in dative σπουδῇ, zealously, see below[Refs]; σὺν πολλῇ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μεγάλης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πολλῆς σ. [Refs]; σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι exert oneself, take pains, be eager, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τινα[Refs 2nd c.AD+] make much ado about. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδαὶ λόγων κατατεινομένων zeal for the conflicting arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἔχειν, with infinitive, to be eager, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ σ. τῆς ἀπίξιος my zeal in coming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπλων σπουδῇ with great attention to the arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+] eagerness for. , [Refs]; zealous exertions, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) in a religious sense, zeal, πρὸς τὴν θεάν [NT+2nd c.BC+]; ἐνδείκνυσθαι σ. [NT] II.2) esteem, regard for a person, διὰ τὴν ἐμὴν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; good will, good offices, σ. ὑπέρ τινος [NT+2nd c.AD+]; support in political life, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, party feelings or attachments, rivalries, σ. ἰσχυραὶ φίλων περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδαὶ ἐρώτων erotic enthusiasms, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) disputation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) earnestness, σ. ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαι,= σπουδάζειν, [NT+5th c.BC+] in earnest, seriously, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ σπουδῆς, opposed to ἐν παιδιαῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετά τε παιδιᾶς καὶ μετὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) object of attention, serious engagement or pursuit, σπουδὴν ἐπ᾽ ἄλλην Ἡρακλῆς ὁρμώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) σπουδῇ as adverb, in haste, hastily, προερέσσαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect, σπουδᾷ ἐξελθοῦσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect, σ. πάνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) with great exertion and difficulty, and so, hardly, scarcely, σπουδῇ ἕζετο λαός [Refs 8th c.BC+] IV.3) earnestly, seriously, urgently, τί με καλεῖς σπουδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ σ. attentively, [Refs]; πολλῇ σ. very busily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

"speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness; business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste; from g4692 (σπεύδω)