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σπουδαῖος

spoudaîos · G4705 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. eager, eagerly, earnest, earnestly

    Pertaining to being earnest and diligent in undertaking an activity

    Examples

    2 Corinthians 8:17 For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord.

    2 Corinthians 8:22 We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Eager, eagerly, earnest, earnestly25.75
The adjective describes a person marked by eagerness and diligence. Paul commends Titus, saying that he “not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord” (2 Corinthians 8:17).
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σπεύδω speúdō · G4692 · to hasten to, to hurry to, to do quickly · 6×σπουδή spoudḗ · G4710 · to hasten to, to hurry to, to do quickly · 12×σπουδάζω spoudázō · G4704 · to hasten to, to hurry to, to do quickly · 11×σπουδαῖοςspoudaîos · G4705σπουδαίως spoudaíōs · G4709 · making an effort to, doing one’s best, eager · 3×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σπουδαῖα, σπουδαῖον (σπουδή), from Herodotus down, active, diligent, zealous, earliest:…
σπουδαῖα, σπουδαῖον (σπουδή), from Herodotus down, active, diligent, zealous, earliest: ἐν τίνι, 2 Cor 8:22; comparitive σπουδαιότερος, 2 Cor 8:17 (Winers Grammar, 242f (227)), 22 (Winers Grammar, § 35, 1); neuter as adverb (Latinstudiosius), very diligently (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 10), 2 Tim 1:17 R G.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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