Word: spoudh

Pronounce: spoo-day'

Strongs Number: G4710

Orig: from 4692; "speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:--business, (earnest) care(-fulness), diligence, forwardness, haste. G4692

Use: TDNT-7:559,1069 Noun Feminine

Heb Strong: H924 H926 H1205 H2649 H4116 H5169 H7281

    1) haste, with haste
    2) earnestness, diligence
    2a) earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything
    2b) to give all diligence, interest one's self most earnestly