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Greek · G2198, G165

ζήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

To live (literally or figuratively) · an age: age

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ζάω G2198 to live (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation záō
Living physically or spiritually; distinctively means existing in active relationship with God or Christ.
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αἰών G165 an age: age
Pronunciation aiṓn
An age or era; theologically, either the present evil age or the future eternal age to come.
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What does ζήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα (zesei eis ton aiona) mean in the Bible?

ζάω · αἰών is a Greek phrase meaning "to live (literally or figuratively)".

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Questions this entry answers

What does ζάω · αἰών mean in the Bible?

ζάω · αἰών is a Greek phrase meaning "to live (literally or figuratively)".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2198, G165?

G2198, G165 is connected to 140 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. to live (literally or figuratively)

Strong's G2198, G165
Lexical occurrences 140 verses Word forms 4 forms 140 references

Source Gloss

to live (literally or figuratively)
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 4 Aligned forms 140 Tenses Present, Future, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Present Future Aorist Imperfect
Voices
Active Middle
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 61×
Present Active Matt 16:16 · Matt 26:63 · Rom 7:3 · Rom 9:26 · 2 Cor 3:3 · 2 Cor 6:16 · 1 Tim 3:15 · Heb 3:12 · Heb 10:31 · Heb 12:22 · 1 Pet 1:23 · Rev 7:2 · Rev 15:7 · Matt 27:63 · Luke 15:13 · John 6:51 60×
Aorist Active Luke 2:36 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 57×
Present Active Mark 16:11 · John 4:50 · John 4:51 · John 4:53 · Rom 6:10 · Rom 7:1 · Rom 14:7 · 1 Cor 7:39 · 2 Cor 13:4 · Gal 2:20 · Heb 7:8 · Heb 9:17 · John 6:57 · John 14:19 · Rom 14:11 · Acts 17:28 28×
Future Middle Matt 4:4 · Matt 9:18 · Luke 4:4 · John 11:25 · Rom 1:17 · Rom 10:5 · Gal 3:11 · Gal 3:12 · Heb 10:38 · Luke 10:28 · Rom 8:13 11×
Future Active Rom 6:2 · 2 Cor 13:4 · Heb 12:9 · Jas 4:15 · John 6:51 · John 6:57 · John 6:58 · John 5:25 · John 14:19 9×
Aorist Active Luke 15:32 · Rom 14:9 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 13:14 · Rev 20:4 · Rev 20:5 · Acts 26:5 7×
Imperfect Active Rom 7:9 · Col 3:7 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 12×
Present Active Luke 24:23 · Acts 22:22 · Acts 25:19 · Acts 25:24 · Acts 28:4 · Rom 8:12 · 1 Cor 9:14 · 2 Cor 1:8 · Phil 1:21 · Phil 1:22 · 2 Tim 3:12 · Heb 2:15 12×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 10×
Aorist Active 1 Thess 5:10 · Titus 2:12 · 1 Pet 2:24 · 1 John 4:9 · Mark 5:23 · Gal 2:19 6×
Present Active Rom 14:8 · 2 Cor 5:15 · 1 Pet 4:6 4×
140 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 134 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 6 ongoing 27 prospective 20 background 2 subjunctive 10 infinitive 12 participle 57
Tense
present 99 future 20 aorist 13 imperfect 2
Voice
active 123 middle 11
Mood
participle 57 indicative 55 infinitive 12 subjunctive 10
NT Occurrences
Matthew 4:4 ζήσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 9:18 ζήσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 16:16 ζῶντος present active participle participle Matthew 26:63 ζῶντος present active participle participle Matthew 27:63 ζῶν present active participle participle Mark 5:23 ζήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 16:11 ζῇ present active indicative ongoing Luke 2:36 ζήσασα aorist active participle participle Luke 4:4 ζήσεται future middle indicative prospective Luke 10:28 ζήσῃ future middle indicative prospective Luke 15:13 ζῶν present active participle participle Luke 15:32 ἔζησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:38 ζῶσιν present active indicative ongoing Luke 24:23 ζῆν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 24:5 ζῶντα present active participle participle John 4:10 ζῶν present active participle participle John 4:11 ζῶν present active participle participle John 4:50 ζῇ present active indicative ongoing John 4:51 ζῇ present active indicative ongoing John 4:53 ζῇ present active indicative ongoing John 5:25 ζήσουσιν future active indicative prospective John 6:51 ζῶν present active participle participle John 6:51 ζήσει future active indicative prospective John 6:57 ζῶν present active participle participle John 6:57 ζῶ present active indicative ongoing John 6:57 ζήσει future active indicative prospective John 6:58 ζήσει future active indicative prospective John 7:38 ζῶντος present active participle participle John 11:25 ζήσεται future middle indicative prospective John 11:26 ζῶν present active participle participle John 14:19 ζῶ present active indicative ongoing John 14:19 ζήσετε future active indicative prospective Acts 1:3 ζῶντα present active participle participle Acts 7:38 ζῶντα present active participle participle Acts 9:41 ζῶσαν present active participle participle Acts 10:42 ζώντων present active participle participle Acts 14:15 ζῶντα present active participle participle Acts 20:12 ζῶντα present active participle participle Acts 22:22 ζῆν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 25:19 ζῆν present active infinitive infinitive +94 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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