2001 Translation

ZĒSONTAI, zēsontai

Sounds Like: zay-SON-tai

Translations: they will live, they shall live

From the root: ZAO

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'they will live' or 'they shall live'. It describes a future action of living or being alive, often in the context of experiencing life or continuing to exist.

Inflection: Future, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, Third Person Plural

Strong’s number: G2198 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:8, 25:6

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 8:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 11:7
• Psalms — 21:27
• Job — 18:19
• Zechariah — 1:5
• Epistle of Barnabas — 8:5

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 21:4, 45:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Numbers — 4:19
• Joshua — 9:27
• Judith — 11:7
• Psalms — 21:27
• Psalms of Solomon — 14:2, 15:15
• Job — 18:19
• Ezekiel — 20:25
• Hosea — 14:8
• Zechariah — 1:5
• Enoch — 5:8, 25:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 7 — 1:4, 1:5
• Mandate 8 — 1:12
• Mandate 9 — 1:12
• Mandate 10 — 3:4
• Mandate 12 — 6:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 2:7, 2:9, 11:3, 11:4
• Parable 9 — 20:4, 22:4, 23:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ZAO.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΖΗΣΑΝ — they lived, they did live, they were living
• ΕΖΗΣΑΣ — you lived, you did live, you have lived
• ΖΗΣΑΣ — having lived, lived, who lived
• ΖΗΣΩΣΙ — they may live, they might live, they will live, they shall live

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