spoudaios

Strong’sG4707

diligent, earnest

stem spoudai-3 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

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.

σπουδαῖος, -α, -ον

(< σπουδή), [in LXX: Ez 41:25 *;]

in haste; hence, zealous, eager, diligent, earnest: seq. ἐν, II Co 8:22; compar., -οτεροσς ib. 17 (here in superl. sense, v. Bl., § 44, 3) 22.†

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

Strong’s G4707 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspoo-dah-yot'-er-os

more prompt, more earnest

Fromcomparative of G4705;

King Jamesmore diligent (forward).

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

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.

diligent1×earnest1×more diligent1×

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

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	spoudaios	spoudaias	spoudaiem	spoudaiois	spoudaiais	spoudaieim
object accusative	spoudaion1×σπουδαῖον	spoudaian		spoudaioin	spoudaiain
direct address vocative	spoudaior	spoudaiar		spoudaioir	spoudaiair
of, belonging to genitive	spoudaiou	spoudaiau	spoudaieu	spoudaioiu	spoudaiaiu	spoudaieiu
to, for dative	spoudaio	spoudaia	spoudaie	spoudaioi	spoudaiai	spoudaiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

spoudaistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

spoudai is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

spoudaion“diligent”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Corinthians 8:22“diligent”… nu hon dokimazana en pollei pollakis spoudaion arōnton, nuni de pollem spoudaioteron pepoithēsia …… with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

spoudaioteros1×

2 Corinthians 8:17“earnest”hoti tan men paraklēsian decheta, spoudaioteros de huparcharōntos authairetos exerchata pros vin.For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his …

spoudaioteron1×

2 Corinthians 8:22“more diligent”… pollakis spoudaion arōnton, nuni de pollem spoudaioteron pepoithēsia polla ta eis vin.… ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.