G4704
σπουδάζω
be eager
σπουδάζω (σπουδή), [in LXX chiefly for בָּהַל ;] to make haste; hence, to be zealous or eager, to give diligence: with inf. (see M, Pr., 205 f.), Gal.2:10, Eph.4:3, 1Th.2:17, 2Ti.2:15 4:9 4:21, Tit.3:12, Heb.4:11, 2Pe.1:10 3:14; with accusative and inf. (on this construction see Mayor in l; MM, xxiii), 2Pe.1:15 (for other constructions see LS, see word).† (AS)
The KJV translates G4704 in the following manner:
diligence (6x), that (4x), diligent (2x), endeavoured (2x), Endeavouring (2x), forward (2x), I (2x), labour (2x), Study (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
σπουδάζω — spoudázō
σπουδάζω; future σπουδάσω (a later form for the early σπουδάσομαι, cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word, vol. i, p. 190; Buttmann, 53 (46); (Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist ἐσπούδασα; (σπουδή, which see); from Sophocles and Aristophanes down;
a. to hasten, make haste: followed by an infinitive (cf. σπεύδω, 1), 2Ti 4:9; 2Ti 4:21; Tit 3:12 (others refer these examples to b.; but cf. Holtzmann's Commentary on 2Ti 2:15).
b. to exert oneself, endeavor, give difference: followed by an infinitive, Gal 2:10; Eph 4:3; 1Th 2:17; 2Ti 2:15; Heb 4:11; 2Pe 1:10; 2Pe 3:14; followed by an accusative with an infinitive 2Pe 1:15.
11 occurrences
Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), I Thessalonians (1), II Timothy (3), Titus (1), Hebrews (1), II Peter (3)