Quick Definition
ζῳοποιέω v. I make to live
Strong's Definition
from the same as 2226 and 4160; to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: make alive, give life, quicken
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζῳοποιέω zōiopoieō 11x
pr. to engender living creatures; to quicken, make alive, Rom. 4:17; 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:36; in NT met. to quicken with the life of salvation, Jn. 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ζωο-ποιέω, ῶ
[in LXX for חיה pi., hi., Jg 21:14, IV Ki 5:7, Ne 9:6, Jb 36:6, Ps 70:20, Ec 7:13(12)*;]
in cl. (= ζωογονέω), to produce alive.
In LXX and NT, to make alive, cause to live, quicken (DCG, ii, 606a; Cremer, 275): Jo 5:21 6:53, Ro 4:17 8:11, I Co 15:45, II Co 3:6, Ga 3:21. Pass., I Co 15:22, 36, I Pe 3:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ζωοποιέω. The adj. ζωοποιός is a frequent attribute of the Trinity in late papyri, e.g. P Flor I. 381 (vi/a.p.) ἐν ὀνόματι] τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Kal ὁμοουσίου [τριάδος πατ]ρὸς Kal υἱ[ο]Ἱῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος. For the verb see Aristeas 16 δι᾿ ὃν (sc. θεὸν) ζῳοποιοῦντα τὰ πάντα Kal γίνεται.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ζωοποιέω (zōopoieō) — to make alive. ζωοποι-έω, = ζωογονέω [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. make alive, θανατῶς α καὶ ζ. [LXX+NT]; bring to life, νεκρά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; endow with life, ἑαυτό [Refs 5th c.AD+] —passive [Refs]
II.2. preserve alive, [LXX]