ΠΟΥΔΗΣ, πουδης
POUDĒS, poudēs
Sounds Like: spoo-DES
Translations: haste, zeal, diligence, earnestness, eagerness, effort, a haste, an eagerness
From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: The word "ΠΟΥΔΗΣ" appears to be a misspelling of "ΣΠΟΥΔΗΣ" (spoudēs), which is the genitive singular form of the noun "ΣΠΟΥΔΗ" (spoudē). "ΣΠΟΥΔΗ" refers to haste, zeal, diligence, or earnestness. It describes the quality of being eager, diligent, or putting forth effort in an activity. For example, one might act "with diligence" (μετὰ σπουδῆς).
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4710 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Timothy — 4:21
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:80
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 4:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΟΥΔΗ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΣΠΟΥΔΗΣ — with haste, with diligence, with eagerness, quickly, diligently, eagerly
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙ — diligences, earnestnesses, hastes, zeal, a diligence, an earnestness, a haste, a zeal
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΗΣ — diligence, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, earnest care
- ΣΠΟΥΔΗ — haste, a haste, diligence, earnestness, eagerness, zeal, a zeal, effort, a carefulness, a carefulness
- ΣΠΟΥΔΗΝ — haste, a haste, diligence, a diligence, earnestness, an earnestness, zeal, a zeal, eagerness, an eagerness, effort, an effort
- ΣΠΟΥΔΗΣ — (of) diligence, (of) haste, (of) earnestness, (of) zeal, (of) eagerness
- ΣΠΟΥΔ‾Η‾ — diligence, haste, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, a diligence, an earnestness
- ΣΠ‾Ο‾ΔΑΣ — diligence, earnestness, zeal, haste, eagerness, a diligence, an earnestness, a zeal, a haste, an eagerness
- ΤΗΝΣΠΟΥΔΗΝ — the diligence, the earnestness, the zeal, the haste, the eagerness, a diligence, an earnestness, a zeal, a haste, an eagerness
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