Zoogoneo means “live” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2225 — zerach (“rising”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2225 ζωογονέω (zoogoneo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. zoogoneo (dzo-og-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to birth (or make) alive 2. (by analogy) to rescue from death It has 12 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include preserve and live. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
zoogoneo (dzo-og-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to birth (or make) alive 2. (by analogy) to rescue from death 3. (passively) be saved from death [from a derivative of G2198 and a derivative of G1096] KJV: live, preserve Root(s): G2198, G1096 See also: G2226
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2225. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to give life
Usage: ζωογονέω, -ῶ (ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)* ;] __1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life. __2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zoogoneo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2225 (ζωογονέω) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2225.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.
And Gideon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: as the Lord lives, if ye had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave, and brings up.
And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Achish.
And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they carry a report to Gath against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.
If we should say, Let us go into the city, then there is famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall only die.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2225, grouped by book.
Zoogoneo (Strong's G2225) is a Greek word most simply glossed "live". zoogoneo (dzo-og-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to birth (or make) alive 2. (by analogy) to rescue from death
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G2225 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2225 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as preserve and live. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2225, with linked reader references where each row is available.