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I. properly,

1.to live, be among the living, be alive (not lifeless, not dead):Acts 20:12;Romans 7:1-3;1 Corinthians 7:39;2 Corinthians 1:8;2 Corinthians 4:11;1 Thessalonians 4:15, 17;Revelation 19:20, etc.;ψυχήζῶσα,1 Corinthians 15:45 andRTr marginal readingRevelation 16:3;διάπαντόςτοῦζῆν, during all their life (on earth),Hebrews 2:15 (διατελεῖνπάντατόντοῦζῆνχρόνον,Diodorus 1, 74 (cf.Buttmann, 262 (225)));ἔτιζῶν (participle imperfect (cf.Winer's Grammar, 341 (320))), while he was yet alive, before his death,Matthew 27:63; withἐνσαρκί added, of the earthly life,Philippians 1:22;ὁδένῦνζῶἐνσαρκί, that life which I live in an earthly body,Galatians 2:20 (Buttmann, 149 (130);Winer's Grammar, 227 (213));ἐναὐτῷζῶμεν, in God is the cause why we live,Acts 17:28;ζῶσατέθνηκε,1 Timothy 5:6;ἐμοίτόζῆνΧριστός, my life is devoted to Christ, Christ is the aim, the goal, of my life,Philippians 1:21;ζῶντες are opposed toνεκροί,Matthew 22:32;Mark 12:27;Luke 20:38;ζῶντεςκαίνεκροί,Acts 10:42;Romans 14:9;2 Timothy 4:1;1 Peter 4:5; in the sense of living and thriving,2 Corinthians 6:9;1 Thessalonians 3:8;ζῇἐνἐμοίΧριστός, Christ is living and operative in me, i. e. the holy mind and energy of Christ pervades and moves meGalatians 2:20;ἐκδυνάμεωςΘεοῦζῆνεἰςτινα, through the power of God to live and be strong toward one (namely, in correcting and judging),2 Corinthians 13:4; in the absolute sense, God is said to beὁζῶν:Matthew 16:16;Matthew 26:63;John 6:57;John 6:69Rec.;Acts 14:15;Romans 9:26;2 Corinthians 3:3;2 Corinthians 6:16;1 Thessalonians 1:9;1 Timothy 3:15;1 Timothy 4:10;1 Timothy 6:17RG;Hebrews 3:12;Hebrews 9:14;Hebrews 10:31;Hebrews 12:22;Revelation 7:2 (Joshua 3:10;2 Kings 19:4, 16;Isaiah 37:4, 17;Hosea 1:10;Daniel 6:20Theod., 26, etc.); with the addition ofεἰςτούςαἰῶναςτῶναἰώνων,Revelation 4:9;Revelation 15:7;ζῶἐγώ (אָנִיחַי,Numbers 14:21;Isaiah 49:18, etc.)as I live (by my life), the formula by which God swears by himself,Romans 14:11. equivalent toto continue to live, to be kept alice (ὅστιςζῆνἐπιθυμεῖ,πειράσθωνικαν,Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 26 (39)):ἐάνὁκύριοςθελήσῃκαίζήσωμεν (ζήσομενLTTrWH),James 4:15 (Buttmann, 210 (181);Winer's Grammar, 286 (268f));ζῆνἐπ'ἄρτῳ (Matthew 4:4, etc.) seeἐπί, B. 2 a.α. (Tobit 5:20);ζῆνἐκτίνος, to get a living from a thing,1 Corinthians 9:14; also when used of convalescents,John 4:50f, 53; withἐκτῆςἀρρωστίας added,2 Kings 1:2;2 Kings 8:8f, figuratively,to live and be strong:ἐντούτοις (forRec.ἐναὐτοῖς) in these vices, opposed to the ethical death by which Christians are wholly severed from sin (seeἀποθνῄσκω, II. 2 b.),Colossians 3:7; cf. Meyer at the passage equivalent toto be no longer dead, to recover life, be restored to life:Matthew 9:18;Acts 9:41; so of Jesus risen from the dead,Mark 16:11;Luke 24:5, 23;Acts 1:3;Acts 25:19;Romans 6:10;2 Corinthians 13:4; opposed toνεκρός,Revelation 1:18;Revelation 2:8;ἔζησεν came to life, lived again,Romans 14:9GLTTrWH (opposed toἀπέθανε);Revelation 13:14;Revelation 20:4, 5 (Rec.ἀνέζησεν) (Ezekiel 37:9f; on the aorist as marking entrance upon a state seeβασιλεύω, at the end);ζῆνἐκνεκρῶν, tropically, out of moral death to enter upon a new life, dedicated and acceptable to God,Romans 6:13; (similarly inLuke 15:32TTrWH). equivalent tonot to be mortal,Hebrews 7:8 (whereἄνθρωποιἀποθνῄσκοντεςdying men i. e. whose lot it is to die, are opposed toὁζῶν).

2. emphatically, and in the Messianic sense,to enjoy real life, i. e.to have true life and worthy of the name — active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God (orζωήαἰώνιος; seeζωή, 2b.):Luke 10:28;John 5:25;John 11:25;Romans 1:17;Romans 8:13;Romans 14:9 ((?) see above);Galatians 3:12;Hebrews 12:9; with the addition ofἐκπίστεως,Hebrews 10:38; ofεἰςτόναἰῶνα,John 6:51, 58;σύνΧριστῷ, in Christ's society,1 Thessalonians 5:10; this life in its absolute fullness Christ enjoys, who owes it to God; hence, he saysζῶδιάτόνπατέρα,John 6:57; by the gift and power of Christ it is shared in by the faithful, who accordingly are saidζήσεινδἰαὐτόν,John 6:57;δἰαὐτοῦ,1 John 4:9. with a dative denoting the respect,πνεύματι,1 Peter 4:6;ὄνομαἔχειςὅτιζῇςκαίνεκρόςεἰ, thou art said to have life (i. e. vigorous spiritual life bringing forth good fruit) and (yet) thou art dead (ethically),Revelation 3:1. In the O.T:ζῆν denotesto live most happily in the enjoyment of the theocratic blessings:Leviticus 18:5;Deuteronomy 4:1;Deuteronomy 8:1;Deuteronomy 30:16.

3.to live i. e.pass life, of the manner of living and acting; of morals or character:μετάἀνδρός with the accusative of time, of a married woman,Luke 2:36;χωρίςνόμου, without recognition of the law,Romans 7:9;Φαρισαῖος,Acts 26:5; alsoἐνκόσμῳ,Colossians 2:20; withἐν and a dative indicating the act or state of the soul:ἐνπίστει,Galatians 2:20;ἐντῇἁμαρτία, to devote life to sin,Romans 6:2; with adverbs expressing the manner:εὐσεβῶς,2 Timothy 3:12;Titus 2:12;ἀσώτως,Luke 15:13;ἐθνικῶς,Galatians 2:14;ἀδίκως, Wis. 14:28;ζῆντίνι (the dative of person, a phrase common in Greek authors also, in Latinviverealicui; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., p. 176ff), to devote, consecrate, life to one; so to live that life results in benefit to someone or to his cause:τῷΘεῷ,Luke 20:38;Romans 6:10;Galatians 2:19 (4 Macc. 16:25);τῷΧριστῷ,2 Corinthians 5:15; that man is saidἑαυτῷζῆν who makes his own will his law, is his own master,Romans 14:7;2 Corinthians 5:15; with the dative of the thing to which life is devoted:τῇδικαιοσύνη,1 Peter 2:24;πνεύματι, to be actuated by the Spirit,Galatians 5:25;κατάσάρκα, as the flesh dictates,Romans 8:12f.

II. Metaphorically, of inanimate things;

a.ὕδωρζῶν,חַיִּיםמַיִם (Genesis 26:19;Leviticus 14:5; etc.),living water, i. e. bubbling up, gushing forth, flowing, with the suggested idea of refreshment and salubrity (opposed to the water of cisterns and pools (cf. ourspring water)), is figuratively used of the spirit and truth of God as satisfying the needs and desires of the soul:John 4:10;John 7:38;ἐπίζώσαςπηγάςὑδάτων,Revelation 7:17Rec. b.having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul:ἐλπίςζῶσα,1 Peter 1:3;λόγοςΘεοῦ,1 Peter 1:23;Hebrews 4:12;λόγια namely,τοῦΘεοῦ,Acts 7:38, cf.Deuteronomy 32:47;ὁδόςζῶσα,Hebrews 10:20 (this phrase describing that characteristic of divine grace, in granting the pardon of sin and fellowship with God, which likens it to a way leading to the heavenly sanctuary). In the same manner the predicateὁζῶν is applied to those things to which persons are compared who possess real life (see I. 2 above), in the expressionsλίθοιζῶντες,1 Peter 2:4;ἄρτοςὁζῶν (seeἄρτος, at the end),John 6:51;θυσίαζῶσα (tacitly opposed to slain victims),Romans 12:1. (Compare:ἀναζάω,συζάω.)

A primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively) -- life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.