Quick Definition
συζάω v. I live together with
Strong's Definition
to continue to live in common with, i.e. co-survive (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G2198 (ζάω);
KJV Usage: live with
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ζάω
23.96 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
to live together with, to live with to live in association with or together with someone else In 2CO 7:3 it is important to note that συζάω should not be understood in the sense of inhabiting the same house with someone else. The reference here is the sense of unity and comradeship rather than dwelling in the same place.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συζάω syzaō 3x
to live with; to continue in life with someone, 2 Cor. 7:3; to coexist in life with another, Rom. 6:8; 2 Tim. 2:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* συν-ζάω (Rec. συζ-), to live with: opp. to συναποθανεῖν, II Co 7:3; of life in union with Christ, here and hereafter, Ro 6:8, II Ti 2:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συνζάω inscr, to Attis of A.D. 370, cited by Cumont Les Religions Orientales p. 77, cf. p. 267 (Eng. Tr. pp. 62, 226), as Kal συνέχοντι τὸ πᾶν, and the further reference to Eleusis as συνέχοντα τὸ ἀνθρώπειον γένος ἁγιώτατα μυστήρια (Zosimus iv. 3. 2). (6) The adj. συνεχής may be illustrated by P Hamb I. 655 (A.D. 141-2) ἐν By[ol o]ppaly]ige [συν]εχέσι ἀλλήaus, and the adv. συνεχῶς by P Oxy 11. 2375}: 19(a.v. 186) τοῦ ‘Qplwvos συνεχῶς ἐπαγγελλομένου (‘continually threatening’).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συζάω (suzaō) — to live together. Related to: συζῶ, imperative σύζηθι Philem.p.69 Demiańczuk:— live with, σ. τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+] with dative _of things_, σ. φιλοπραγμοσύνῃ pass one's life in.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βίῳ αὐχμηρῷ σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θηρίον ὕδατι συζῶν a creature living in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. absolutely, live together, [πολιτεία] χαλεπὴ συζῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
