Strong's Greek · G2222
ζωή
zōḗ
life(-time)
Definition
life (literally or figuratively)
Derivation
from G2198 (ζάω);
Appears 135 times in Scripture
““Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.””
“Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?””
“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.”
“If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.”
“But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
“If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.”
“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.”
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.””
“But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.”
“And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).