Lexical Definition

‎ζωή‎ zōḗ (dzo-ay') life ^G:N-F
from ‎ζάω‎

life(-time).

• life (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω), [in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים;]
life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, q.v.; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus, as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus; opp. to θάνατος);
1. of natural life: Lk 16:25, Ac 8:33, I Co 15:19, I Ti 4:8, He 7:3, Ja 4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Re 11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς (Ge 1:30), Re 16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Ro 5:10, He 7:16.
2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words, 156 ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo., 214 ff.; Cremer, 272 ff.): Jo 6:51, 53, Ro 7:10 8:6, 10, Phl 2:16, Col 3:4, II Pe 1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30 f.), Jo 4:36 12:50 17:3, I Jo 1:2, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Jo 8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., I Jo 1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Jo 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Ro 5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Ac 11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jo 1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., II Ti 1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, II Pe 1:3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Ja 1:12, Re 2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (gen. expl.), I Pe 3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Ro 8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, II Ti 1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jo 5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Phl 4:3, Re 3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Re 2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Re 22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Ro 8:10; ῥήματα, Jo 6:63; of one who gives life, Jo 11:25 14:6, I Jo 1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, Jo 12:50.
SYN.: v.s. βίος.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ζωή

(ζωιή (probably an error) [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Doric dialect ζωά: Ionic dialect and poetry ζόη, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect ζόα: Aeolic dialect ζοΐα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: ἡ:— living, i.e. one's substance, property, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ᾽ ἦν ἄσπετος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο[Refs]; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ.. to get one's living by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+], life, existence, opposed to death, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζόας (ζωᾶς codices) βιοτά [ζωή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44c; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος “SIG” 1210 (from Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, ζωή">Refs 5th c.BC+] mylife! [LXX+4th c.BC+]; μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 way of life, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ζωή,= γραῦς [Refs], the scum on milk, [Refs]; ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, [Refs 5th c.AD+] is required by the metre in trimeters in [ζωή never: ζόη in other Poets, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 114, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 18.9, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.4.] (For the root, compare ζῶ: fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 81: in signification 11 ζόη probably from ζέω.) ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.62.3*}