Spoudaios means “diligent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4705 — mitsar (“small”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4705 σπουδαῖος (spoudaios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. spoudaios (spou-dai`-os) adj. 1. prompt, energetic, earnest [from G4710] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include diligent. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
spoudaios (spou-dai`-os) adj. 1. prompt, energetic, earnest [from G4710] KJV: diligent Root(s): G4710
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4705. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
eager
Usage: σπουδαῖος, -α, -ον (σπουδή), [in LXX: Eze.41:25 * ;] in haste; hence, zealous, eager, diligent, earnest: before ἐν, 2Co.8:22; compar., -οτεροσς 2Co.8:17 (here in superl. sense, see Bl., § 44, 3) 2Co.8:22.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render spoudaios, 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 New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old 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 G4705 (σπουδαῖος) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4705.
And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.
For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4705, grouped by book.
Spoudaios (Strong's G4705) is a Greek word most simply glossed "diligent". spoudaios (spou-dai`-os) adj. 1. prompt, energetic, earnest [from G4710]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G4705 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4705 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as diligent. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4705, with linked reader references where each row is available.