ζωογονέω
zōogoneō
“to give life”
Definition
to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
from the same as G2226 (ζῶον) and a derivative of G1096 (γίνομαι);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
ζωογονέω appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
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