σπουδή
spoudē
“diligence”
Definition
"speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness
from G4692 (σπεύδω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
σπουδή appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
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