Word study · Greek
zōē
life
Say it: zo-AY (approximate)
ζωή
What it means
Life, especially the life that comes from God. John uses it far more than any other Gospel: "In him was life" (1:4), and he wrote "that believing you may have life in his name" (20:31). It is usually joined with "eternal" (aionios) for life of the age to come that begins now.
Range of meaning
- LifeExistence, vitality.
- Eternal lifeLife of the age to come.
In John
- Chapter 1
"In him was life" (1:4).
- Chapter 10
"That they may have life, and have it abundantly" (10:10, 10:28).
- Chapter 11
"The resurrection and the life" (11:25).
Every verse (32)
- John 1:4
- John 3:15
- John 3:16
- John 3:36
- John 4:14
- John 4:36
- John 5:24
- John 5:26
- John 5:29
- John 5:39
- John 5:40
- John 6:27
- John 6:33
- John 6:35
- John 6:40
- John 6:47
- John 6:48
- John 6:51
- John 6:53
- John 6:54
- John 6:63
- John 6:68
- John 8:12
- John 10:10
- John 10:28
- John 11:25
- John 12:25
- John 12:50
- John 14:6
- John 17:2
- John 17:3
- John 20:31
Verses where G2222 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources