G4705

σπουδαῖος

spoudaiosG:A

eager

σπουδαῖος, -α, -ον (σπουδή), [in LXX: Eze.41:25 * ;] in haste; hence, zealous, eager, diligent, earnest: before ἐν, 2Co.8:22; compar., -οτεροσς 2Co.8:17 (here in superl. sense, see Bl., § 44, 3) 2Co.8:22.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4705 in the following manner:

diligent (4x), diligently (2x), forward (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σπουδαῖος — spoudaîos

σπουδαῖος, σπουδαῖα, σπουδαῖον (σπουδή), from Herodotus down, active, diligent, zealous, earliest: ἐν τίνι, 2Co 8:22; comparitive σπουδαιότερος, 2Co 8:17 (Winers Grammar, 242f (227)), 22 (Winers Grammar, § 35, 1); neuter as adverb (Latinstudiosius), very diligently (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 10), 2Ti 1:17 R G.

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