spoudaiōs

Strong’sG4709

diligently, earnestly

stem spoudaiō-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 booksnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** σπουδαίως

adv.

(< σπουδαῖος), [in LXX: Wi 2:6 *;]

1. with haste or zeal, i.e. earnestly, zealously, diligently: Lk 7:4, II Ti 1:17, Tit 3:13; compar., -οτέρως, Phl 2:28 (RV, Lft., Weymouth, al., but v. infr.)

2. hastily, speedily: compar., -οτέρως, Phl 2:28 (Thayer, Zorell, s.v.; ICC, in l., al., but v. supr.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4709 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspoo-dah'-yoce

earnestly, promptly

Fromadverb from G4705;

King Jamesdiligently, instantly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

Included with: σπουδ-αῖος, α, ον
(σπουδή) properly in haste, quick, σ. τοὺς πόδας Refs 2nd c.AD+:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:
I of persons, earnest, serious, Refs 5th c.BC+; active, zealous, in canvassing, Refs 1st c.AD+
I.2 good, excellent in their several kinds, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to φαῦλος, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀκροαταὶ-ότεροι Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 in moral sense, good, opposed to πονηρός, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to φαῦλος, Refs 5th c.BC+; σπουδαῖον ={ἀγαθον}, Refs: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, Refs
II of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, Refs 6th c.BC+; τὰ -έστερα (-έστατα) τῶν πρηγμάτων Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to γελοῖος, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασι; Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 good of its kind, excellent, σ. νομαί Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, Refs 5th c.BC+; τραγῳδία σ. Refs 4th c.BC+:— a play on senses Refs 4th c.BC+; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, Refs
III adverb σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 5th c.BC+; -οτέρως Refs 1st c.AD+ most carefully, in the best way, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

diligently2×earnestly1×more eager1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

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Luke 7:4… paragenerantois pros ton Iēsun parakalale auton spoudaiōs legarōntois hoti Axios atō ho parechesi …… to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have …

Philippians 2:28spoudaiōs oun pempama auton hina horarantois auton …Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when …

2 Timothy 1:17alla generantos en Rōma spoudaiōs zētata min kai heuriskata… he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

Titus 3:13“diligently”zēnon ton nomikon kai Apollon spoudaiōs propempasar, hina mēdenem autoi leipateiō.… to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have …