Greek noun (feminine) · G4710
σπουδή
spoudespoo-day'
haste, speed; zeal, diligence, earnestness
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: spoudḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4710is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4710
"speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness
The King James renders it: business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
spoude is rendered "haste, speed; zeal, diligence, earnestness". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "haste, speed".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 6:25At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
Mark 6:25σπουδῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: haste, speed, and zeal, diligence, earnestness.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| haste, speedμετὰ σ. (Wis.19:2), Mrk.6:25, Luk.1:39. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 6:25At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of… |
| zeal, diligence, earnestnessRom.12:11 | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σπουδάζω | spoudazo | be eager | Uses11 |
| σπουδαῖος | spoudaios | eager | Uses3 |
| σπουδαίως | spoudaios | diligently | Uses3 |
| σπουδαιοτέρως | spoudaioteros | more eagerly | Uses1 |
| σπουδαιότερον | spoudaioteron | more diligently | Usesnot recorded |
| σπουδαιότερος | spoudaioteros | more diligent | Usesnot recorded |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σπουδὴν5
- σπουδῇ3
- σπουδῆς3
- σπουδήν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
Mark
one use
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
- σπουδῆςspoudesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: haste
Luke
one use
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- σπουδῆςspoudesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: haste
Romans
two uses
if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- σπουδῇspoudeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: diligence
Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- σπουδῇspoudeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in diligence
2 Corinthians
five uses
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- σπουδήνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
- σπουδὴνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
- σπουδῇspoudeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- σπουδῆςspoudesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
- σπουδὴνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
Hebrews
one use
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
- σπουδὴνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
2 Peter
one use
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- σπουδὴνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: earnestness
Jude
one use
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- σπουδὴνspoudennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: diligence
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.