ζάω

142 ζάω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for חיה (most freq. ptcp., ζῶν , inf., ζῆν , for חַי );] prop., to live , be alive (v. Syn., s.v. βίος ; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N , i, 7, 12): Ac 20:12 , Ro 7:1-3 , I Co 7:39 , Re 19:20 , al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν , Ac 17:28 ; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός , Phl 1:21 ; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr. , 215, 249), He 2:15 ; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί , Ga 2:20 ; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός , Ga 2:20 ; (ὁ) ζῶν , of God ( אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos 3:10 , Ho 2:1 ( 1:10 ), Is 37:4 , al.; v. DCG , ii, 39a), Mt 16:16 , Jo 6:57 , Ro 9:26 , I Th 1:9 , He 3:12 , Re 7:2 , al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ ( חַי־אָנִי , Nu 14:21 , al.), as I live , Ro 14:11 ; ζῆν ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ , Mt 4:4 , al.; ἐκ , I Co 9:14 ; of coming to life, Mk 16:[11] , Ro 6:10 14:9 , II Co 13:4 ; opp. to νεκρός , Re 1:18 2:8 ; metaph., Lk 15:32 ; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν , Ro 6:13 ; of the spiritual life of Christians, Lk 10:28 , Jo 5:25 , Ro 1:17 8:13 ; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα , Jo 6:51 , 58 ; σὺν Χριστῷ , I Th 5:10 ; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς , Re 3:1 . As sometimes in cl., = βιόω , to live , pass one's life : Lk 2:36 , Ac 26:5 , Ro 7:9 , Col 2:20 ; ἐν πίστει , Ga 2:20 ; ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ , Ro 6:2 ; εὐσεβῶς , II Ti 3:12 ; ἀσώτως , Lk 15:13 ; c. dat. (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes , 164), Ro 14:7 , II Co 5:15 ; τ. θεῷ , Lk 20:38 , Ro 6:10 , 11 , Ga 5:25 ; τ. Χριστῷ , II Co 5:15 ; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ , I Pe 2:24 ; πνεύματι , Ga 5:25 ; κατὰ σάρκα , Ro 8:12 , 13 ; Of inanimate things, metaph.: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opp. to still water), in a spiritual sense, Jo 4:10 , 11 7:38 ( DCG , ii, 39 f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα , I Pe 1:3 ; ὁδὸς ζῶσα , He 10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω ; Cremer, 270, 721).