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ζάω G2198
G2198 is the Greek word ζάω, transliterated záō. The King James Version most often renders it live.
What it means
to live (literally or figuratively).
Where it comes from
a primary verb.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 121 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Verses using ζάω
The first 40 of 107 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 4:4 · KJV
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 16:16 · KJV
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 26:63 · KJV
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew 27:63 · KJV
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Mark 12:27 · KJV
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Mark 16:11 · KJV
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
Luke 2:36 · KJV
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Luke 4:4 · KJV
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Luke 20:38 · KJV
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Luke 24:5 · KJV
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
John 4:10 · KJV
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 4:11 · KJV
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
John 4:50 · KJV
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
John 4:53 · KJV
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
John 6:51 · KJV
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:57 · KJV
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
John 6:58 · KJV
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
John 6:69 · KJV
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 7:38 · KJV
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 11:26 · KJV
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 14:19 · KJV
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Acts 1:3 · KJV
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Acts 7:38 · KJV
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Acts 10:42 · KJV
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 14:15 · KJV
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Acts 17:28 · KJV
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Acts 20:12 · KJV
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
Acts 25:24 · KJV
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts 26:5 · KJV
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Romans 1:17 · KJV
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans 6:2 · KJV
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 6:10 · KJV
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Romans 6:11 · KJV
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:13 · KJV
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 7:2 · KJV
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans 7:3 · KJV
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:9 · KJV
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 8:12 · KJV
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Romans 8:13 · KJV
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans 9:26 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Common questions
What does Strong's G2198 mean?
G2198 is the Greek word ζάω (záō), meaning to live (literally or figuratively).
How is G2198 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it live (39 times), living (31 times), liveth (18 times), alive (11 times), lived (4 times), among others.
How many times does G2198 appear in the Bible?
ζάω (záō) is tagged in 107 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2198 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primary verb.
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