ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΝ, σπουδαιον
SPOUDAION, spoudaion
Sounds Like: spoo-DAI-on
Translations: diligent, earnest, eager, important, serious, valuable, a diligent thing, an important thing
From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as diligent, earnest, or eager. It can also refer to something that is important, serious, or valuable. It is used to qualify nouns, indicating a quality of zeal, care, or significance.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4704 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Corinthians — 8:22
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 43:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 8:22
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.
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ — diligent, earnest, eager, zealous, important, serious, a diligent thing, an important thing, diligent things, important things
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, serious, important, a serious, an important
- ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΙ — diligent, zealous, earnest, eager, serious, important, a serious one, an important one
- 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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