ζημιόω
zēmioō
“to lose”
Definition
to injure, i.e. (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment
from G2209 (ζημία);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ζημιόω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
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