G2225

ζωογονέω

zōogoneōG:V

to give life

ζωογονέω, -ῶ (ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)* ;] __1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life. __2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2225 in the following manner:

live (2x), might (2x), preserve (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ζωογονέω — zōogonéō

ζοωγονέω, ζοωγόνω; future ζοωγονήσω; present infinitive passive ζοωγονεῖσθαι; (from ζοωγονος viviparous, and this from ζοως and ΓΑΝΩ);

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.): τά πάντα, of God, 1Ti 6:13 L T Tr WH ((1Sa 2:6)).

3. in the Bible to preserve alive: τήν ψυχήν, Luk 17:33; passive Act 7:19. (For הֶחֱיָה, Exo 1:17; Jdg 8:19; (1Sa 27:9; 1Sa 27:11; 1 Kings 21:31.)

3 occurrences

Luke (1), Acts (1), I Timothy (1)