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Greek · G5204, G2198

ὕδωρ ζῶν

Water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively · to live (literally or figuratively)

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ὕδωρ G5204 water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
Pronunciation hýdōr
Water represents spiritual cleansing, divine truth, and life-giving grace in NT theological usage.
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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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What does ὕδωρ ζῶν (hydōr zōn) mean in the Bible?

ὕδωρ · ζάω is a Greek phrase meaning "living water, flowing water, life-giving water".

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Questions this entry answers

What does ὕδωρ · ζάω mean in the Bible?

ὕδωρ · ζάω is a Greek phrase meaning "living water, flowing water, life-giving water".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5204, G2198?

G5204, G2198 is connected to 76 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. living water, flowing water, life-giving water

Strong's G5204, G2198
Lexical occurrences 76 verses Word forms 8 forms 76 references

Source Gloss

living water, flowing water, life-giving water
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 76 Case pattern Genitive (34) Number pattern Singular (58)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 4:14 · John 5:7 · John 19:34 · Acts 8:36 · 1 John 5:8 · Rev 16:12 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 3:23 · Rev 17:15 2×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:16 · Mark 1:10 · Mark 9:41 · Mark 14:13 · Luke 8:24 · Luke 16:24 · Luke 22:10 · John 2:7 · John 3:5 · John 4:13 · John 4:14 · John 7:38 · Acts 8:39 · Eph 5:26 · Heb 9:19 · 1 Pet 3:20 22×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Rev 1:15 · Rev 7:17 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 8:11 · Rev 11:6 · Rev 14:2 · Rev 14:7 · Rev 16:4 · Rev 16:5 · Rev 17:1 · Rev 19:6 12×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:11 · Mark 1:8 · Luke 3:16 · Luke 8:25 · John 1:26 · John 1:31 · John 1:33 · Acts 1:5 · Acts 11:16 · Heb 10:22 · 2 Pet 3:6 · 1 John 5:6 13×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 8:32 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 17:15 · Matt 27:24 · Luke 7:44 · John 2:9 · John 4:7 · John 4:10 · John 4:11 · John 4:15 · John 4:46 · John 13:5 · Acts 8:36 · Acts 8:38 · Acts 10:47 · Jas 3:12 · Rev 12:15 · Rev 22:17 17×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:29 · Mark 9:22 3×
76 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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