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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

"to live, be alive," is used in the NT of "(a) God, Matthew 16:16; John 6:57; Romans 14:11; (b) the Son in Incarnation, John 6:57; (c) the Son in Resurrection, John 14:19; Acts 1:3; Romans 6:10; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Hebrews 7:8; (d) spiritual life, John 6:57; Romans 1:17; 8:13; Galatians 2:19,20; Hebrews 12:9; (e) the present state of departed saints, Luke 20:38; 1 Peter 4:6; (f) the hope of resurrection, 1 Peter 1:3; (g) the resurrection of believers, 1 Thessalonians 5:10; John 5:25; Revelation 20:4 , and of unbelievers, Revelation 20:5 , cp. Revelation 20:13; (h) the way of access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, Hebrews 10:20; (i) the manifestation of Divine power in support of Divine authority, 2 Corinthians 13:4; cp. 2 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 5:5; (j) bread, figurative of the Lord Jesus, John 6:51; (k) a stone, figurative of the Lord Jesus, 1 Peter 2:4; (l) water, figurative of the Holy Spirit, John 4:10; 7:38; (m) a sacrifice, figurative of the believer, Romans 12:1; (n) stones, figurative of the believer, 1 Peter 2:5; (o) the oracles, logion, Acts 7:38 , and word, logos, Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:23 , of God; (p) the physical life of men, 1 Thessalonians 4:15; Matthew 27:63; Acts 25:24; Romans 14:9; Philippians 1:21 (in the infinitive mood used as a noun, with the article, 'living'),22; 1 Peter 4:5; (q) the maintenance of physical life, Matthew 4:4; 1 Corinthians 9:14; (r) the duration of physical life, Hebrews 2:15; (s) the enjoyment of physical life, 1 Thessalonians 3:8; (t) the recovery of physical life from the power of disease, Mark 5:23; John 4:50; (u) the recovery of physical life from the power of death, Matthew 9:18; Acts 9:41; Revelation 20:5; (v) the course, conduct, and character of men, (1) good, Acts 26:5; 2 Timothy 3:12; Titus 2:12; (2) evil, Luke 15:13; Romans 6:2; 8:13; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Colossians 3:7; (3) undefined, Romans 7:9; 14:7; Galatians 2:14; (w) restoration after alienation, Luke 15:32 .

"Note: In 1 Thessalonians 5:10 , to live means to experience that change, 1 Corinthians 15:51 , which is to be the portion of all in Christ who will be alive upon the earth at the Parousia of the Lord Jesus, cp. John 11:25 , and which corresponds to the resurrection of those who had previously died in Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:52-54 .

"to live together with" (sun, "with," and zao, "to live"), may be included with zao in the above analysis as follows: (g) Romans 6:8; 2 Timothy 2:11; (s), 2 Corinthians 7:3 .

ana, "again," and zao, denotes "to live again," "to revive," Luke 15:24; cp. (w) in list above, and Romans 7:9 , to manifest activity again." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 173,174.]

Note: Zao is translated "quick" (i.e., "living") in Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5; in Hebrews 4:12 , AV (RV "living").

"to spend life, to pass one's life," is used in 1 Peter 4:2 .

used metaphorically, in the Middle Voice, "to conduct oneself, behave, live," is translated "to live," in Hebrews 13:18 ("honestly"); in 2 Peter 2:18 ("in error"). See ABIDE , BEHAVE , etc.

denotes "to preserve alive" (from zoos, "alive," and ginomai, "to come to be, become, be made"); in Luke 17:33 , "shall preserve (it)," i.e., his life, RV marg., "save (it) alive;" cp. the parallels sozo, "to save," in Matthew 16:25 , and phulasso, "to keep," in John 12:25; in Acts 7:19 , "live," negatively of the efforts of Pharaoh to destroy the babes in Israel; in 1 Timothy 6:13 , according to the best mss. (some have zoopoieo, "to cause to live"), "quickeneth" (RV, marg., "preserveth ... alive," the preferable rendering). See PRESERVE , QUICKEN.

is used of time in the sense of passing a life, 1 Timothy 2:2 , "(that) we may lead (a tranquil and quiet, RV) life;" Titus 3:3 , "living (in malice and envy)."

"to be a citizen (polites), to live as a citizen," is used metaphorically of conduct as in accordance with the characteristics of the heavenly community; in Acts 23:1 , "I have lived;" in Philippians 1:27 , "let your manner of life (AV, conversation) be." See CITIZENSHIP , No. 4, Note.

"to be in existence, to be," is translated "live (delicately)" in Luke 7:25 . See BEING.

Note: In 1 Corinthians 9:13 , AV, esthio, "to eat," is translated "live of." In Tim. 5:6 the AV renders spatalao "liveth in pleasure."