What does στέφανος · ζωή mean in the Bible?
στέφανος · ζωή is a Greek phrase meaning "victor’s crown associated with life".
Greek · G4735, G2222
στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς
Crown · life (literally or figuratively)
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στέφανος G4735 crown
Pronunciation stéphanos
Crown as victory prize or honor, distinct from royal diadem; metaphorically, eschatological reward for faithfulness.
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ζωή G2222 life (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation zōḗ
Eternal divine life of grace and glory, distinct from mere biological existence or earthly duration
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What does στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς (stephanon tēs zōēs) mean in the Bible?
στέφανος · ζωή is a Greek phrase meaning "victor’s crown associated with life".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4735, G2222?
G4735, G2222 is connected to 18 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. victor’s crown associated with life
Source Gloss
victor’s crown associated with life
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 18 Case pattern Accusative (12) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Thess 2:19 · 2 Tim 4:8 · Rev 6:2 · Rev 12:1 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:29 · Mark 15:17 · John 19:2 · John 19:5 · 1 Cor 9:25 · Jas 1:12 · 1 Pet 5:4 · Rev 2:10 · Rev 3:11 · Rev 14:14 10×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 4:4 · Rev 4:10 2×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Phil 4:1 1×
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain