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 πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
  • καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰσ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωποσ εἰσ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:7)
  • καὶ ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ ὄφει. ὅτι ἐποίησασ τοῦτο, ἐπικατάρατοσ σὺ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. ἐπὶ τῷ στήθει σου καὶ τῇ κοιλίᾳ πορεύσῃ καὶ γῆν φαγῇ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ ζωῆσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:14)
  • τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ εἶπεν. ὅτι ἤκουσασ τῆσ φωνῆσ τῆσ γυναικόσ σου καὶ ἔφαγεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, οὗ ἐνετειλάμην σοι τούτου μόνου μὴ φαγεῖν, ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγεσ, ἐπικατάρατοσ ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ σου. ἐν λύπαισ φαγῇ αὐτὴν πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ ζωῆσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:17)

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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