Lexical Summary zōogoneō: to preserve alive Original Word: ζωογονέωTransliteration: zōogoneō Phonetic Spelling: (dzo-og-on-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to preserve alive Meaning: to preserve alive Strong's Concordance live, preserve. From the same as zoon and a derivative of ginomai; to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death -- live, preserve. see GREEK zoon see GREEK ginomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2225: ζοωγονέωζοωγονέω, ζοωγόνω; future ζοωγονήσω; present infinitive passive ζοωγονεῖσθαι; (from ζοωγονος viviparous, and this from ζοως and ΓΑΝΩ); 1. properly, to bring forth alive (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Lucian, Plutarch, others). 2. to give life (Theophrastus, de caus. pl. 4, 15, 4; Ath. 7, p. 298 c.): τά πάντα, of God, 1 Timothy 6:13 L T Tr WH ((1 Samuel 2:6)). 3. in the Bible to preserve alive: τήν ψυχήν, Luke 17:33; passive Acts 7:19. (For הֶחֱיָה, Exodus 1:17; Judges 8:19; (1 Samuel 27:9, 11; 1 Kings 21:31 ( |
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