Strong’s G2225 · Greek
ζωογονέω
zōogonéō · dzo-og-on-eh'-o
Origin from the same as ζῶον (G2226) and a derivative of γίνομαι (G1096);
Meaning to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
In the King James Version live, preserve.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.