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, Act.8:33, 1Co.15:19, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.7:3, Jas.4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς (Gen.1:30), Rev.16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom.5:10, Heb.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.): Jhn.6:51, 53 Rom.7:10 8:6, 10 Php.2:16, Col.3:4, 2Pe.1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr;
DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Jhn.4:36 12:50 17:3, 1Jn.1:2, al; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ, Jhn.8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ, 1Jn.1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ, Jo 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom.5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ, Act.11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jhn.1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ, 2Ti.1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2Pe.1:3, al; στέφανος τῆς ζ, Jas.1:12, Rev.2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1Pe.3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom.8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2Ti.1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jhn.5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Rev.2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Rev.22:17; meton, of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10; ῥήματα, Jhn.6:63; of one who gives life, Jhn.11:25 14:6, 1Jn.1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, Jhn.12:50.
SYN.: see: βίος. (
AS)