ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ, σπουδαια
SPOUDAIA, spoudaia
Sounds Like: spoo-DAI-ah
Translations: diligent, earnest, eager, zealous, important, serious, a diligent thing, an important thing, diligent things, important things
From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective that describes something or someone as diligent, earnest, eager, or zealous. It can also refer to something as important or serious. It is often used to describe actions or attitudes that are done with great care and effort. In the provided examples, it appears to modify a noun, indicating that the 'wood' (ξυλα) is 'important' or 'valuable', or that 'matters' (διαφοραν) are 'more important'.
Inflection: Nominative, Vocative, or Accusative Feminine Singular; or Nominative, Vocative, or Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong’s number: G4705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 41:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, serious, important, a serious, an important
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΙ — diligent, zealous, earnest, eager, serious, important, a serious one, an important one
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΝ — diligent, earnest, eager, important, serious, valuable, a diligent thing, an important thing
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, eager, serious, important, a diligent one, an earnest one
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more diligent, more earnest, more zealous, more important, more serious, more quickly, more eagerly, more carefully
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΣ — more diligent, more earnest, more zealous, more eager, more important, more serious
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΣ — more diligently, more earnestly, more zealously, more eagerly, more carefully
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, eager, important, serious, diligent ones, earnest ones, important ones
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΩΣ — diligently, earnestly, eagerly, zealously, carefully, with haste
- ΣΠΟΥΔΕΟΣ — diligent, zealous, earnest, eager, careful, assiduous
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