Lexical Summary spoudaios: hasty, eager, diligent Original Word: σπουδαῖοςTransliteration: spoudaios Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-dah'-yos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: hasty, eager, diligent Meaning: hasty, eager, diligent Strong's Concordance diligent. From spoude; prompt, energetic, earnest -- diligent. see GREEK spoude Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4705: σπουδαῖοςσπουδαῖος, σπουδαῖα, σπουδαῖον (σπουδή), from Herodotus down, active, diligent, zealous, earliest: ἐν τίνι, 2 Corinthians 8:22; comparitive σπουδαιότερος, 2 Corinthians 8:17 (Winers Grammar, 242f (227)), 22 (Winers Grammar, § 35, 1); neuter as adverb (Latinstudiosius), very diligently (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 10), 2 Timothy 1:17 R G. |
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