STRONGS G2225:
ζωογονέω,
-ῶ; future
ζωογονήσω; present infinitive passive
ζωογονεῖσθαι; (from
ζωογόνος viviparous, and this from
ζωός and
ΓΕΝΩ);
1. properly,
to bring forth alive (Theophrastus, Diodorus, Lucian, Plutarch, others).
2. to give life (Theophrastus, de caus. pl. 4, 15, 4;
Ath. 7, p. 298 c.):
τὰ πάντα, of God,
1 Timothy 6:13 L T Tr WH, [(
1 Samuel 2:6)].
3. in the Bible
to preserve alive:
τὴν ψυχήν,
Luke 17:33; passive
Acts 7:19.
(For
הֶחֱיָה,
Exodus 1:17;
Judges 8:19; [
1 Samuel 27:9,
11; 1 Kings 21:31 (
1 Kings 20:31)].)
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