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ζημιόω

To lose

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ζημιόω G2210
Pronunciation zēmióō

What does ζημιόω (zēmióō) mean in the Bible?

ζημιόω (zēmióō) is a Greek word meaning "to lose". ζημόω, -ῶ (ζημία), [in LXX chiefly for עָנַשׁ ;] to damage.

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Meaning

to lose
Extended definition

To suffer loss or forfeit, especially one's soul or self in spiritual exchange.

(ζημία), [in LXX chiefly for עָנַשׁ ;] to damage. Pass., to suffer loss, forfeit, lose: absol., 1Co.3:15; before ἐν, 2Co.7:9; with accusative of thing(s) (see B1., § 34, 6), τ. ψυχήν, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36; ἑαυτόν, Luk.9:25; τ. πάντα, Php.3:8.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Future
Voices
Passive
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Aorist Passive Matt 16:26 · 2 Cor 7:9 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Passive Mark 8:36 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Passive Luke 9:25 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Future Passive 1 Cor 3:15 1×
Aorist Passive Phil 3:8 1×
6 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 prospective 1 subjunctive 2 infinitive 1
Tense
aorist 4 future 1
Voice
passive 5
Mood
indicative 2 subjunctive 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 16:26 ζημιωθῇ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Mark 8:36 ζημιωθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive 1 Corinthians 3:15 ζημιωθήσεται future passive indicative prospective 2 Corinthians 7:9 ζημιωθῆτε aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Philippians 3:8 ἐζημιώθην aorist passive indicative completed

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 9:21-27 lose zēmióō Participle · Aorist Passive
to forfeit or lose one's soul through self-centeredness and worldly gain
Proverbs 17:26 fine zēmióō
to penalize or impose damage upon the innocent through unjust judgment
Proverbs 19:19 suffer zēmióō
to sustain loss or harm as consequence of uncontrolled rage and behavior
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 3 — God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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