Word study · Greek

zōogonéō

give life

Say it: zo-og-on-EH-o (approximate)

ζωογονέω

What it means

To keep alive, preserve alive (zōē "life" plus gonē "birth"). In 6:13, God "gives life to all things." Also Luke 17:33, "whoever will lose his life shall preserve it," and Acts 7:19.

Range of meaning

  • Give lifeKeep alive.
  • Preserve aliveSpare.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 6

    "God, who gives life to all things" (6:13).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2225 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources