ζωή

zwhv zwhv,
zwh'",
hJ (from
zavw,
zw'), the Septuagint chiefly for !yYIj'; life;1. universally, life, i. e. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate: (on which see
ajgapavw); ,;
aujtov" (
oJ
Qeov")
didouv"
pa'sin
zwhvn
kaiv
pnohvn, ;
pneu'ma
zwh'"
ejk
tou'
Qeou', the vital spirit, the breath of (i. e. imparting) life, ();
pa'sa
yuchv
zwh'", genitive of possess, every living soul, G L T Tr text WH; spoken of earthly life:
hJ
zwhv
tivno", ; (see
ai[rw, 3 h.); ;
ejn
th'/
zwhv
sou, whilst thou wast living on earth, (
ejn
th'/
zwhv
aujtou', ; );
ejn
th'/
zwhv
tauvth/, ;
pa'sai
aiJ
hJmevrai
th'"
zwh'"
tivno", Rec. (; (); (10)).
ejpaggeliva
zwh'"
th'"
nu'n
kaiv
th'"
mellouvsh", a promise looking to the present and the future life, ;
zwhv and
qavnato" are contrasted in ; ; ; of a life preserved in the midst of perils, with a suggestion of vigor, (the life of Paul is meant here, which exerts a saving power on the Corinthians by his discharge of his apostolic duties); of the life of persons raised from the dead:
ejn
kainovthti
zwh'", figuratively spoken of a new mode of life, dedicated to God, ; of the life of Jesus after his resurrection, ; ; of the same, with the added notion of vigor, f.2. used emphatically, a. "of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic
lovgo" and to Christ" in whom the
lovgo" put on human nature:
w{sper
oJ
pathvr
e[cei
zwhvn
ejn
eJautw'/,
ou{tw"
e[dwken
kaiv
tw'/
uiJw'/
zwhvn
e[cein
ejn
eJautw'/, ;
ejn
aujtw'/ (namely,
tw'/
lovgw/)
zwhv
h\n
kaiv
hJ
zwhv
h\n
tov
fw'"
tw'n
ajnqrwvpwn, in him life was (comprehended), and the life (transfused from the Logos into created natures) was the light (i. e. the intelligence) of men (because the life of men is self-conscious, and thus a fountain of intelligence springs up), ;
oJ
lovgo"
th'"
zwh'", the Logos having life in itself and communicating it to others, ;
hJ
zwhv
ejfanerwvqh, was manifested in Christ, clothed in flesh, . From this divine fountain of life flows forth that life which is next to be defined: viz. b. life real and genuine, vita quae sola vita nominanda (Cicero, de sen. 21, 77), "a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last forever" (the writers of the O. T. have anticipated the conception, in their way, by employing !yYIj' to denote a happy life and every kind of blessing: ,<<ref:BHS/G