Strong's Definition
comparative of 4705; more prompt, more earnest
KJV Usage: more diligent (forward)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον | σπεύδω
25.75 · Attitudes and Emotions · Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner
eager, eagerly, earnest, earnestly pertaining to being earnest and diligent in undertaking an activity In a number of languages eagerness can only be expressed in terms of desire. Hence, for PHP 2:28 one must sometimes translate ‘I am all the more desirous of sending him to you.”
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπουδαῖος, -a, -ov, (σπουδή), fr. Hdt. down, active, diligent, zealous, earnest: ἔν τινι, 2 Co. viii. 22; compar. σπουδαιότερος, ibid. 17 [W. 242 sq. (227) ], 22 [W. § 35, 17; neut. as adv. (Lat. sfudiosius), very diligently (cf. B. § 123, 10], 2 Tim.i. 17 RG.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπουδαῖος spoudaios 3x
earnest, eager, forward, zealous, 2 Cor. 8:17, 22 (2x)*
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπουδαῖος. “zealous,” “‘earnest’?: P Ryl ΤΙ. 2437 (ii/a.p.) νῦν. ἐπιστάμεθά σου τὸ σπουδαῖον καὶ ὡς ἐπίκεισαι τοῖς ἔργοις τοῦ κλήρου, “Μὰ now know your zeal and attentiveness to the work of the holding’’ (Edd.). The adj. with the corr. verb and noun are all seen in P Flor III. 3388% (iii/A.p.) ἄλλον yap σπουδαῖον οὐκ ἔχωμεν μετὰ τοῦτον, ὥστε, ἄδελφε, σπούδασον: καὶ νῦν τάχα ἡ σὴ σπουδὴ καὶ φιλοστοργεία κατανεικήσῃ τὴν ἐμὴν . . . ἀκαιρείαν. Σπουδαῖος is used in the wider sense of ‘‘good’’ in P Oxy I. 11713 (ii/iii A.D.) σπέρματα σικυδίων σπουδαῖα ἔπεμψα ὑμεῖν, “1 send you some good melon seeds”’ (Edd.), 26. VI. 9298 “knowing your goodness to all’’ (Edd.), and similarly 2d. VII. 10647 (iii/a.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπουδαιότερος (spoudaioteros) — more diligent. σπουδ-αῖος, α, ον (σπουδή) properly in haste, quick, σ. τοὺς πόδας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—but in ordinary use denoting energy or earnestness:
I. of persons, earnest, serious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; active, zealous, in canvassing, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.2. good, excellent in their several kinds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκροαταὶ-ότεροι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἄνθρωπος μοχθηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. in moral sense, good, opposed to πονηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φαῦλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδαῖον ={ἀγαθον}, [Refs]: generally, of all virtuous objects or qualities, [Refs]
II. of things, worth serious attention, weighty, χρῆμα, πρῆγμα, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὰ -έστερα (-έστατα) τῶν πρηγμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γελοῖος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί γελᾷς ἐπὶ σπουδαίοις πράγμασι; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. good of its kind, excellent, σ. νομαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ σπουδαιοτάτη [τῶν ταριχεύσεων] the most elaborate, costliest, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ ἰσηγορίη χρῆμα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῶρον οὐ σ. εἰς ὄψιν not goodly to look on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγῳδία σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— a play on senses [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ironically, σ. χρῆμα a fine thing, [Refs]
III. adverb σπουδαίως with haste or zeal, seriously, earnestly, well, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; -οτέρως [Refs 1st c.AD+] most carefully, in the best way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]