2227. zóopoieó

Strong's Lexicon

zóopoieó: To make alive, to give life, to quicken

Original Word: ζῳοποιέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zóopoieó
Pronunciation: dzo-op-oy-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (dzo-op-oy-eh'-o)
Definition: To make alive, to give life, to quicken
Meaning: I make that which was dead to live, cause to live, quicken.

Word Origin: From the Greek words ζῷον (zōon, meaning "living being" or "animal") and ποιέω (poieō, meaning "to make" or "to do").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of giving life is חָיָה (chayah, Strong's H2421), which means "to live" or "to revive."

Usage: The verb ζῳοποιέω is used in the New Testament to describe the act of giving life or making alive. It is often used in a spiritual or metaphorical sense, referring to the life-giving power of God, particularly through the Holy Spirit. This term emphasizes the transformative power of God to bring spiritual life to those who are spiritually dead.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of life and vitality was often associated with divine power. The use of ζῳοποιέω in the New Testament reflects a Jewish understanding of God as the ultimate source of life. This is consistent with the Old Testament view of God as the Creator and Sustainer of life. In the context of early Christianity, the term underscores the belief in the resurrection and the new life offered through Jesus Christ.

HELPS Word-studies

2227 zōopoiéō (from 2221 /zōgréō, "alive" and 4160 /poiéō, "make") – properly, make alive (zōos); i.e. "quicken," vivify ("animate"); (figuratively) cause what is dead (inoperative) to have life; empower with divine life.

2227 /zōopoiéō ("make alive, enliven") is particularly used of God infusing His life in the believer. The Lord infuses eternal life (zōē) into us each time we receive (obey) faith from Him. This enables living with God – not just for Him (cf. Gal 2:20; Ro 8:28-30; 1 Jn 5:4). His self-existent, all-powerful life overcomes all the deadly effects of sin.

(1 Cor 15:36,38) seed, come to life – The resurrection-body of the believer will be characterized by continuity with diversity – i.e. reflecting the physical-spiritual life we lived here on earth in a supra-physical fashion (Phil 3:11-21). Both of these aspects of glorification are illustrated in 1 Cor 15 by the metaphor of seeds.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as zóon and poieó
Definition
to make alive
NASB Translation
come to life (1), give life (1), gives...life (1), gives life (4), impart life (1), life-giving (1), made alive (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2227: ζοωποιέω

ζοωποιέω; ζοωποιῶ; future ζοωποιήσω; 1 aorist infinitive ζωποιησαι; passive, present ζοωποιοῦμαι; 1 future ζοωποιηθήσομαι; 1 aorist participle ζοωποιηθεις; (ζοωποιος making alive);

1. to produce alive, beget or bear living young (Aristotle, Theophrastus).

2. to cause to live, make alive, give life: τά πάντα, of God, 1 Timothy 6:18 R G (cf. Nehemiah 9:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Diogn., epistle 5 [ET] at the end); by spiritual power to arouse and invigorate, 2 Corinthians 3:6; Galatians 3:21; to give ζωή αἰώνιος (in the Johannine sense), John 6:63; of the dead, to reanimate, restore to life: 1 Corinthians 15:45; τινα, John 5:21; Romans 4:17; Romans 8:11; passive 1 Corinthians 15:22; equivalent to to give increase of life: thus of physical life, πρῶτον τό παιδίον μέλιτι, εἶτα γάλακτι ζοωποιειται, the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 17 [ET]; of the spirit, ζοωποιηθεις πνεύματι, quickened as respects the spirit, endued with new and greater powers of life, 1 Peter 3:18, on which cf. Lechler, Das apost. u. nachapost. Zeitalter, p. 182 edition 2; (Zezschwitz, De Christi ad inferos descensu (Lipsius 1857), p. 20). metaphorically (Geoponica 9, 11, 7) of seeds quickening into life, i. e. germinating, springing up, growing: 1 Corinthians 15:36. (Compare: συζοωποιέω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

make alive, give life, quicken.

From the same as zoon and poieo; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively) -- make alive, give life, quicken.

see GREEK zoon

see GREEK poieo

Forms and Transliterations

εζωοποίησάς εζωπύρησε εζωπύρησεν ζωοποιει ζωοποιεί ζωοποιεῖ ζῳοποιεῖ ζωοποιείς ζωοποιειται ζωοποιείται ζωοποιεῖται ζῳοποιεῖται ζωοποιηθεις ζωοποιηθείς ζωοποιηθεὶς ζῳοποιηθεὶς ζωοποιηθησονται ζωοποιηθήσονται ζῳοποιηθήσονται ζωοποιησαι ζωοποιήσαι ζωοποιῆσαι ζῳοποιῆσαι ζωοποιησει ζωοποιήσει ζῳοποιήσει ζωοποιήση ζωοποίησιν ζωοποιουν ζωοποιούν ζωοποιοῦν ζῳοποιοῦν ζωοποιουντος ζωοποιούντος ζωοποιοῦντος ζῳοποιοῦντος ζώσιν ζωώσεις zoopoiei zoopoieî zōopoiei zōopoieî zoopoieitai zoopoieîtai zōopoieitai zōopoieîtai zoopoiesai zoopoiêsai zōopoiēsai zōopoiē̂sai zoopoiesei zoopoiḗsei zōopoiēsei zōopoiḗsei zoopoietheis zoopoietheìs zōopoiētheis zōopoiētheìs zoopoiethesontai zoopoiethḗsontai zōopoiēthēsontai zōopoiēthḗsontai zoopoioun zoopoioûn zōopoioun zōopoioûn zoopoiountos zoopoioûntos zōopoiountos zōopoioûntos

Englishman's Concordance

John 5:21 V-PIA-3S
GRK: νεκροὺς καὶ ζωοποιεῖ οὕτως καὶ
NAS: the dead and gives them life,
KJV: and quickeneth [them]; even
INT: dead and gives life thus also

John 5:21 V-PIA-3S
GRK: οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ
NAS: the dead and gives them life, even so
KJV: so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
INT: to whom he will gives life

John 6:63 V-PPA-NNS
GRK: ἐστιν τὸ ζωοποιοῦν ἡ σὰρξ
NAS: It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh
KJV: the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
INT: it is who gives life the flesh

Romans 4:17 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: θεοῦ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς
NAS: [even] God, who gives life to the dead
KJV: [even] God, who quickeneth the dead,
INT: God who gives life the dead

Romans 8:11 V-FIA-3S
GRK: Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ζωοποιήσει καὶ τὰ
NAS: will also give life to your mortal
KJV: shall also quicken your mortal
INT: Christ Jesus will give life also to the

1 Corinthians 15:22 V-FIP-3P
GRK: χριστῷ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται
NAS: in Christ all will be made alive.
KJV: shall all be made alive.
INT: Christ all will be made alive

1 Corinthians 15:36 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: σπείρεις οὐ ζωοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ
NAS: you sow does not come to life unless
KJV: is not quickened, except it die:
INT: you sow not is come to life if not

1 Corinthians 15:45 V-PPA-ANS
GRK: εἰς πνεῦμα ζωοποιοῦν
NAS: Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
KJV: Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
INT: into a spirit life-giving

2 Corinthians 3:6 V-PIA-3S
GRK: δὲ πνεῦμα ζωοποιεῖ
NAS: kills, but the Spirit gives life.
KJV: but the spirit giveth life.
INT: but [the] Spirit gives life

Galatians 3:21 V-ANA
GRK: ὁ δυνάμενος ζωοποιῆσαι ὄντως ἐκ
NAS: which was able to impart life, then righteousness
KJV: could have given life, verily
INT: which was able to give life indeed from out of

1 Peter 3:18 V-APP-NMS
GRK: μὲν σαρκὶ ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι
NAS: in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
KJV: but quickened by the Spirit:
INT: indeed in flesh having been made alive however in [the] Spirit

Strong's Greek 2227
11 Occurrences

ζωοποιῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ζωοποιήσει — 1 Occ.
ζωοποιηθήσονται — 1 Occ.
ζωοποιηθεὶς — 1 Occ.
ζωοποιεῖ — 3 Occ.
ζωοποιεῖται — 1 Occ.
ζωοποιοῦν — 2 Occ.
ζωοποιοῦντος — 1 Occ.