σπουδή, -ῆς, ἡ
(σπεύδω), [in LXX chiefly for בָּהַל, its parts and derivatives ;]
__1. haste, speed: μετὰ σ. (Wis.19:2), Mrk.6:25, Luk.1:39.
__2. zeal, diligence, earnestness: Rom.12:11, 2Co.7:11-12 8:7-8; ἐν σ., Rom.12:8 (see M, Pr, 104); before ὑπέρ, 2Co.8:16; σπουδὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι, Heb.6:11; σ. παρεισφέρειν, 2Pe.1:5; πᾶσαν σ. ποιεῖσθαι, Ju 3 (see MM, xxiii; M, Pr., 214; Deiss., BS, 361, 364).†
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