Ancient Greek lemma · Strong’s G4705

σπουδαῖος

spoudaios · /spoo-dah'-yos/ — “earnest”

in haste, quick; energy; earnestness; earnest, serious; active, zealous; good, excellent; good; virtuous; worth serious attention, weighty; excellent; the most elaborate, costliest; goodly; fine; with haste; zeal…

Full entry

in haste, quick; energy; earnestness; earnest, serious; active, zealous; good, excellent; good; virtuous; worth serious attention, weighty; excellent; the most elaborate, costliest; goodly; fine; with haste; zeal, seriously, earnestly, well; most carefully, in the best way

Derivation: from σπουδή (spoude, haste/zeal)