2001 Translation

SPOUDĒ, spoudē

Sounds Like: spoo-DEH

Translations: haste, a haste, diligence, earnestness, eagerness, zeal, a zeal, effort, a carefulness, a carefulness

From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of being eager, diligent, or zealous. It can describe the speed or haste with which something is done, or the earnest effort and carefulness applied to a task. It implies a strong commitment and focused attention.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4710 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:4

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judges — 5:22
• Jeremiah — 8:15
• Romans — 12:8, 12:11
• 2 Corinthians — 8:7

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 12:62

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:260
• Book 2 — 4:53, 8:197, 9:222, 9:225
• Book 5 — 1:73
• Book 6 — 4:67, 13:292
• Book 7 — 3:62, 9:227
• Book 8 — 7:187, 11:273
• Book 10 — 2:25, 11:250
• Book 11 — 4:80, 5:171
• Book 12 — 2:36
• Book 13 — 5:156, 6:209, 7:85
• Book 14 — 8:151, 11:283
• Book 15 — 2:20
• Book 16 — 1:7, 4:125
• Book 17 — 1:16
• Book 19 — 2:185, 2:207
• Book 20 — 6:135

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 29:9
• Book Two — 2:9, 16:61
• Book Four — 3:95, 7:38
• Book Six — 3:37

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 7:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 12:33
• Deuteronomy — 16:3
• Judges — 5:22
• Ezra (Beta) — 4:23
• Jeremiah — 8:15
• Lamentations — 4:6
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:25, 3:91, 6:19
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 10:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 12:8, 12:11
• 2 Corinthians — 8:7

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
• ΠΟΥΔΗΣ — haste, zeal, diligence, earnestness, eagerness, effort, a haste, an eagerness
• ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙ — diligences, earnestnesses, hastes, zeal, a diligence, an earnestness, a haste, a zeal
• ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΗΣ — diligence, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, earnest care
• 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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