ζωοποιέω zōopoieō

Greek word for “to make alive” · Strong’s G2227 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ζωο-ποιέω, ῶ; 1. in cl.

How it is translated

Glosses given for zōopoieō in context, with how often each is used:

• gives life 3
• giving life 2
• will give life 1
• will be made alive 1
• does come to life 1
• life-giving 1
• impart life 1
• having been made alive 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (3), John 5 (1), John 6 (1), Romans 4 (1), Romans 8 (1), 2 Corinthians 3 (1), Galatians 3 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• ζῳοποιεῖ 3
• ζῳοποιοῦν 2
• ζῳοποιοῦντος 1
• ζῳοποιήσει 1
• ζῳοποιηθήσονται 1
• ζῳοποιεῖται 1
• ζῳοποιῆσαι 1
• ζῳοποιηθεὶς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zōopoieō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 5
• Ἀδάμ Adam “Adam” 2
• νεκρός nekros “dead” 3
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 3
• ὥσπερ hōsper “just as” 2
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

The verses using zōopoieō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• Romans 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which…
• Romans 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his…
• 1 Corinthians 15:22 — For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
• 1 Corinthians 15:36 — Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
• 1 Corinthians 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
• Galatians 3:21 — Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been…
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.