What does υἱός · θεός · ζάω mean in the Bible?
υἱός · θεός · ζάω is a Greek phrase meaning "Son of the living God".
Greek · G5207, G2316, G2198
ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος
Son · God · to live (literally or figuratively)
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υἱός G5207 son
Pronunciation huiós
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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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 ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος (ho huios tou theou tou zōntos) mean in the Bible?
υἱός · θεός · ζάω is a Greek phrase meaning "Son of the living God".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5207, G2316, G2198?
G5207, G2316, G2198 is connected to 375 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Son of the living God
Source Gloss
Son of the living God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 375 Case pattern Nominative (191) Number pattern Singular (304)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 13:37 · Matt 13:41 · Matt 13:55 159×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:45 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 17:26 · Matt 20:21 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 10:35 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 11:19 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 32×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 24:27 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 24:37 · Matt 24:39 · Matt 28:19 · Luke 6:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 17:26 · Luke 21:36 · John 3:18 · John 5:25 · John 6:53 · Rom 1:3 35×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 17:25 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 27:9 · Matt 27:56 · Luke 1:16 · Acts 5:21 · Acts 7:16 · Acts 9:15 · Rom 8:19 · Rom 9:27 · Heb 7:5 · Heb 11:21 · Heb 11:22 · Rev 2:14 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 21:12 17×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 22:2 · Luke 12:53 · Luke 18:31 · John 3:36 · John 4:5 · John 5:22 · John 5:26 · John 14:13 · Heb 1:2 · Heb 7:3 · 1 John 2:24 · 1 John 5:11 · 1 John 5:20 15×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 3:28 · Acts 7:37 · Acts 10:36 · Eph 2:2 · Eph 3:5 · Heb 12:5 · Heb 12:7 7×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 16:13 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 17:15 · Matt 21:5 · Matt 21:37 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 26:64 · Mark 8:31 85×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 26:37 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 5:34 · Luke 15:11 · Luke 16:8 · Acts 7:23 · Acts 7:29 · 2 Cor 3:7 · 2 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:18 · Gal 4:22 · Eph 5:6 · Col 3:6 · Heb 2:10 14×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:29 · Matt 9:27 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Mark 10:48 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 18:39 · Acts 13:10 · Heb 12:5 10×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 13:26 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 134 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
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
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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)
Word Origins
ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος is a primary word - no further derivation.
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