ῆς (ἡ) vie, càd. :
      1 l’existence, la vie, PD. N. 8, 61 ; HDT. 1, 85, etc. ; p. opp. à θάνατος, PD. N. 9, 68 ; PLAT. Phæd. 71 d ; τοῦ βίου ζωή, PLAT. Tim. 44 c, souffle de vie, vie ;
      2 temps de la vie, SPT. Gen. 8, 13 ;
      3 genre de vie : ζόην (ion.) τὴν αὐτὴν ζῆν, HDT. 4, 112, vivre du même genre de vie ;
      4 moyens de vivre, ressources, OD. 14, 96, 208, 429 ; τὴν ζόην ποιεῖσθαι ἔκ τινος, HDT. 8, 105 ; THCR. Beren. 2, se créer avec qqe ch. les moyens de vivre.

➳ Dor. ζωά, PD. ll. cc. Ion. ζόη, HDT. ll. cc. ; SOPH. fr. 500. Dor. ζόα, EUR. H.f. 664 ; THCR. Epigr. 17, 9. Éol. ζοΐα, THCR. Idyl. 29, 5.

Étym. ζάω.

(ζωιή [prob. an error] SIG 577.34 (Milet., iii/ii BC)), Dor. ζωά ; Ion. and poet. ζόη, Hdt. 1.32, Herod. 10.4, S. Fr. 556, etc. (v. infr.), cf. IG 9(1).86 (Hyampolis), Dor. ζόα ; Aeol. ζοΐα Theoc. 29.5; ἡ :
living, i.e. one΄s substance, property, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ’ ἦν ἄσπετος Od. 14.96; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο ib. 208; κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν 16.429; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ… to get one΄s living by…, Hdt. 8.105, cf. 2.36, Arist. HA 608b21; ἐξ ἁλός Theoc. Beren. 2.
after Hom., life, existence, opp. death, Tyrt. 15.5, Pi. N. 8.36, etc. ; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ib. 9.29; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη S. Fr. 556; ζόας (ζωᾶς codd.) βιοτά E. HF 664 (lyr.); τοῦ βίου ζωή Pl. Ti. 44c; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος SIG 1210 (Calymna), etc. ; as a term of affection, ζωή mylife! Juv. 6.195; pl., ζόαι A. Fr. 99.13; ζωαί LXX Ps. 62 (63).3 (4); μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. Dam. Pr. 100; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις Iamb. Comm. Math. 3.
way of life, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν Hdt. 4.112, cf. 114. ζωή, = γραῦς II, the scum on milk, Eust. 906.52; ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, Hsch.
[The form ζόη (paroxyt.) is required by the metre in trimeters in S. Fr. 556, E. Hec. 1108, and in lyrics S. Fr. 592, E. Med. 976, al., ζωή never; ζόη in other Poets, Call. Fr. 114, Theoc. Ep. 18.9, Herod. 10.4.] (For the root, cf. ζῶ ; fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, Dam. Pr. 81; in signf. II ζόη prob. fr. ζέω.)

ἡ, ion. u. p. ζόη, auch ζοΐα, Theocr. 29.5 (ζάω), Lebensunterhalt, Hab u. Gut, wie βίοτος, Od. 14.96, 208, 16.429 ; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ζόην ἔκ τινος, Her. 8.105. – Das Leben (vgl. βίος), >im Ggstz des Todes, πεῖραν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς Pind. N. 9.29, vgl. 8.36, I. 4.13 ; περὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου λέγειν Plat. Phaed. 71d ; Folgde : ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ ζωὰ φονορύτῳ μέμικται Aesch. Spt. 921 ; vgl. Ellendt lex. Soph.

ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ (ζάω),
[in LXX chiefly for חַיִּים ;]
life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος, which see; later, existence, vita quâ vivimus, as distinct from βίος, vita quam vivimus; opp. to θάνατος);
__1. of natural life: Luk.16:25, Act.8:33, 1Co.15:19, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.7:3, Jas.4:14; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Gen.1:30), Rev.16:3; of the life of one risen from the dead, Rom.5:10, Heb.7:16.
__2. Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace and the life of glory which is to follow (Dalman, Words, 156ff.; Westc, Epp. Jo., 214ff.; Cremer, 272ff.): Jhn.6:51, 53 Rom.7:10 8:6, 10 Php.2:16, Col.3:4, 2Pe.1:3; αἰώνος (reff. supr.; DCG, i, 538a, ii, 30f.), Jhn.4:36 12:50 17:3, 1Jn.1:2, al.; τ. φῶς τῆς ζ., Jhn.8:12; ὁ Λόγος τ. ζ., 1Jn.1:1; ὁ ἄρτος τ. ζ., Jo 6:35, 48; δικαίωσις ζωῆς, Rom.5:18; μετάνοια εἰς ζ., Act.11:18; ἐν αὐτῷ ζ. ἦν, Jhn.1:4; ζ. ἡ ἐν. Χ. Ἰ., 2Ti.1:1; τὰ πρὸς ζωήν, 2Pe.1:3, al.; στέφανος τῆς ζ., Jas.1:12, Rev.2:10; χάρις ζωῆς (genitive expl.), 1Pe.3:7; ζ. καὶ εἰρήνη, Rom.8:6; ζ. καὶ ἀφθαρσία, 2Ti.1:10; ἀνάστασις ζωῆς, Jhn.5:29; βίβλος ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5; ξύλον ζωῆς, Rev.2:7; ὕδωρ ζωῆς, Rev.22:17; meton., of that which has life: τ. πνεῦμα, Rom.8:10; ῥήματα, Jhn.6:63; of one who gives life, Jhn.11:25 14:6, 1Jn.1:2; ἡ ἐντολή, Jhn.12:50.
SYN.: see: βίος. (AS)