Strong's Lexicon spoudaios: Diligent, earnest, zealous, eager Original Word: σπουδαῖος HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4705 spoudaíos (an adjective) – earnestly diligent (living "wide-open, full-throttle"). See 4710 (spoudē). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom spoudé Definition hasty, eager, diligent NASB Translation diligent (2), earnest (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4705: σπουδαῖοςσπουδαῖος, σπουδαῖα, σπουδαῖον (σπουδή), from Herodotus down, active, diligent, zealous, earliest: ἐν τίνι, 2 Corinthians 8:22; comparitive σπουδαιότερος, 2 Corinthians 8:17 (Winers Grammar, 242f (227)), 22 (Winers Grammar, § 35, 1); neuter as adverb (Latinstudiosius), very diligently (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 10), 2 Timothy 1:17 R G. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance diligent. From spoude; prompt, energetic, earnest -- diligent. see GREEK spoude Forms and Transliterations σπουδαία σπουδαιον σπουδαίον σπουδαῖον σπουδαιοτερον σπουδαιότερον σπουδαιοτερος σπουδαιότερος spoudaion spoudaîon spoudaioteron spoudaióteron spoudaioteros spoudaióterosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 2 Corinthians 8:17 Adj-NMS-CGRK: παράκλησιν ἐδέξατο σπουδαιότερος δὲ ὑπάρχων NAS: himself very earnest, he has gone INT: exhortation he received more earnest moreover being 2 Corinthians 8:22 Adj-AMS 2 Corinthians 8:22 Adv Strong's Greek 4705 |