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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This term is used in the
Old
Testament
with the force of “to revive, or give
new
life
” in a moral sense: hence we read “quicken me again.” In Psalm 119 the psalmist asked nine
times
to be quickened—according to
God
’s word, or His
righteousness
, or His judgments, &c. (See also
Psa. 71:20
20
Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. (Psalm 71:20)
;
Psa. 80:18
18
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. (Psalm 80:18)
;
Psa. 143:11
11
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. (Psalm 143:11)
.) In the
New Testament
the word
is
ζωοποιέω
, and is invariably employed in the sense of making alive those who are in the state, or under the
power
of
death
. It is therefore
sometimes
used as the equivalent of
resurrection
, but the word is never applied to the wicked dead. It is God’s work: the term is employed in connection with the
Father
(
John 5:21
21
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (John 5:21)
), with
the
Son
(
John 5:21
21
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (John 5:21)
), and with the
Spirit
(
John 6:63
63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63)
). It is characteristic of
the last
Adam
that He is a quickening Spirit (
1 Cor. 15:45
45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45)
). In Christ all will be quickened. Evidently the principle of
divine
sovereignty is involved in the term. God makes alive according to His will. The
believer
is said to have been quickened together (
συζωοποιέω
) with Christ, and is thus brought spiritually into association with Christ.
A word may be added on the distinction between “
new birth
” and “quickening.” It lies in the latter implying a making alive in view of an order of things and a state different from that in which the one quickened had lived previously. This is not necessarily the result of new birth; for instance,
Israel
will have to be born again in view of earthly
blessing
(
John 3:12
12
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? (John 3:12)
;
Ezek. 36:25-26
25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:25‑26)
); but believers now are not only born again, but, as quickened with Christ, they are made to live spiritually in that sphere of holy love into which Christ has entered by resurrection, in order that He might introduce them into it; they thus have passed from death to life.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4806
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
συζωοποιέω
Transliteration:
suzoopoieo
Phonic:
sood-zo-op-oy-eh’-o
Meaning:
from
4862
and
2227
; to reanimate conjointly with (figuratively)
KJV Usage:
quicken together with
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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