Greek
ζωή zōē
“life” · 135 times in the New Testament
Through the Bible
- “life” 127
- “brings life” 2
- “living” 2
- “lifetime” 1
- “new life” 1
- other ways 2
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 7 |
| Mark | 4 |
| Luke | 5 |
| John | 36 |
| Acts | 8 |
| Romans | 14 |
| 1 Corinthians | 2 |
| 2 Corinthians | 6 |
| Galatians | 1 |
| Ephesians | 1 |
| Philippians | 3 |
| Colossians | 2 |
| 1 Timothy | 4 |
| 2 Timothy | 2 |
| Titus | 2 |
| Hebrews | 2 |
| James | 2 |
| 1 Peter | 2 |
| 2 Peter | 1 |
| 1 John | 13 |
| Jude | 1 |
| Revelation | 17 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“life” 127
Matthew 7
Mark 4
Luke 4
John 36
- 1:4 …In Him was life and that life was…
- 1:4 …was life and that life was the light of…
- 3:15 …Him may have eternal life
- 3:16 …perish but have eternal life
- 3:36 …the Son has eternal life Whoever rejects the Son…
- 3:36 …Son will not see life Instead the wrath of…
- 4:14 …springing up to eternal life
- 4:36 …a crop for eternal life so that the sower…
- 5:24 …sent Me has eternal life and will not come…
- 5:24 …over from death to life
- 5:26 …as the Father has life in Himself so also…
- 5:26 …the Son to have life in Himself…
- 5:29 …good to the resurrection of life and those who have…
- 5:39 …them you possess eternal life These are the very…
- 5:40 …to Me to have life
- 6:27 …that endures to eternal life which the Son of…
- 6:33 …from heaven and gives life to the world…
- 6:35 …I am the bread of life Whoever comes to Me…
- 6:40 …Him shall have eternal life and I will raise…
- 6:47 …who believes has eternal life
- 6:48 …I am the bread of life
- 6:51 …will give for the life of the world is…
- 6:53 …Man you have no life in you…
- 6:54 …My blood has eternal life and I will raise…
- 6:63 …spirit and they are life
- 6:68 …the words of eternal life
- 8:12 …will have the light of life
- 10:10 …that they may have life and have it in…
- 10:28 …I give them eternal life and they will never…
- 11:25 …the resurrection and the life Whoever believes in Me…
- 12:25 …keep it for eternal life
- 12:50 …command leads to eternal life So I speak exactly…
- 14:6 …the truth and the life No one comes to…
- 17:2 …He may give eternal life to all those You…
- 17:3 …Now this is eternal life that they may know…
- 20:31 …believing you may have life in His name…
Acts 7
- 2:28 …to me the paths of life You will fill me…
- 3:15 …You killed the Author of life but God raised Him…
- 8:33 …His descendants For His life was removed from the…
- 11:18 …the Gentiles repentance unto life
- 13:46 …yourselves worthy of eternal life we now turn to…
- 13:48 …were appointed for eternal life believed…
- 17:25 …He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything…
Romans 13
- 2:7 …He will give eternal life
- 5:10 …be saved through His life
- 5:17 …of righteousness reign in life through the one man…
- 5:18 …of righteousness brought justification and life for all men…
- 5:21 …righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our…
- 6:4 …may walk in newness of life
- 6:22 …the outcome is eternal life
- 6:23 …of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our…
- 7:10 …was meant to bring life actually brought death…
- 8:2 …of the Spirit of life set you free from…
- 8:6 …mind of the Spirit is life and peace…
- 8:38 …that neither death nor life neither angels nor principalities…
- 11:15 …their acceptance be but life from the dead…
1 Corinthians 2
2 Corinthians 3
Galatians 1
- 6:8 …Spirit will reap eternal life
Ephesians 1
- 4:18 …and alienated from the life of God because of…
Philippians 2
And 47 more, on the full page.
“brings life” 2
“living” 2
“lifetime” 1
Luke 1
- 16:25 …remember that during your lifetime you received your good…
“new life” 1
Acts 1
- 5:20 …full message of this new life
“alive” 1
Romans 1
- 8:10 …sin yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness…
“life is at work” 1
2 Corinthians 1
- 4:12 …work in us but life is at work in you…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.