2001 Translation

SPOUDĒN, spoudēn

Sounds Like: SPOO-dayn

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

From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to quickness, speed, or haste. It can also denote earnestness, diligence, or zealous effort in carrying out a task. It describes the quality of being eager and committed to something.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4710 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 6:63
• Sirach — 0:30, 20:18, 21:5, 27:3, 43:22
• Jeremiah — 15:8
• Zephaniah — 1:18
• 2 Corinthians — 7:11, 7:12, 8:16
• 2 Peter — 1:5
• Jude — 1:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 16:254
• Book 3 — 6:104
• Book 4 — 6:105, 8:214
• Book 6 — 3:34, 12:257, 12:263, 14:343, 14:355
• Book 7 — 3:69, 9:220, 14:380
• Book 8 — 7:182, 13:334
• Book 11 — 4:106, 8:324
• Book 12 — 2:84, 3:134, 11:421
• Book 13 — 1:28, 6:212, 8:245
• Book 14 — 8:154, 10:192, 10:254, 15:440
• Book 15 — 5:114
• Book 16 — 4:101, 7:181
• Book 18 — 6:230
• Book 19 — 1:86, 7:318
• Book 20 — 1:13, 9:204

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 11:4
• Book Seven — 6:28

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 9:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 21:8
• Ezra (Alpha) — 2:25
• 1 Maccabees — 6:63
• 2 Maccabees — 14:43
• Sirach — 0:19, 20:18, 21:5, 27:3, 43:22
• Jeremiah — 15:8
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:25
• Zephaniah — 1:18

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Corinthians — 7:11, 7:12, 8:16
• Hebrews — 6:11
• 2 Peter — 1:5
• Jude — 1:3

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
• ΣΠΟΥΔΗ — haste, a haste, diligence, earnestness, eagerness, zeal, a zeal, effort, a carefulness, a carefulness
• 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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