σπουδή spoudē

Greek word for “diligence” · Strong’s G4710 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

σπουδή, -ῆς, ἡ; (σπεύδω);

How it is translated

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

• earnestness 7
• diligence 3
• haste 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 8 (3), Romans 12 (2), 2 Corinthians 7 (2), Mark 6 (1), Luke 1 (1), Hebrews 6 (1), 2 Peter 1 (1), Jude 1 (1)

Forms

• σπουδὴν 5
• σπουδῆς 3
• σπουδῇ 3
• σπουδήν 1

Words used with it

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

• γνῶσις gnōsis “knowledge” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 2
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• χάρις charis “grace” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

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

• Mark 6:25 — And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
• Luke 1:39 — And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
• Romans 12:8 — Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• Romans 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• 2 Corinthians 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what…
• 2 Corinthians 7:12 — Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the…
• 2 Corinthians 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace…
• 2 Corinthians 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
• 2 Corinthians 8:16 — But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
• Hebrews 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
• 2 Peter 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
• Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly…

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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.