Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζωός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζωός ζωή ζωόν

Structure: ζω (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. alive, living

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ Ζωή, ὅτι αὕτη μήτηρ πάντων τῶν ζώντων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:20)
  • ἐν τῷ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ δευτέρου μηνόσ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐρράγησαν πᾶσαι αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:11)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ πρώτου μηνόσ, μιᾷ τοῦ μηνόσ, ἐξέλιπε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ ἀπεκάλυψε Νῶε τὴν στέγην τῆσ κιβωτοῦ, ἣν ἐποίησε, καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐξέλιπε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:13)
  • ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ ἡ ζωὴ Σάρρασ ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:1)
  • Εἶπε δὲ Ρεβέκκα πρὸσ Ἰσαάκ. προσώχθικα τῇ ζωῇ μου διὰ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ. εἰ λήψεται Ἰακὼβ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῆσ γῆσ ταύτησ, ἵνα τί μοι τὸ ζῆν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:46)

Synonyms

  1. alive

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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