"There is to us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him." -- 1 Corinthians 8:6.

The záō of humans = living = alive in the body

Whenever used in reference to humans, záō is never speaking of anything else. Mankind was created to live on the created earth, in a created body. We were not created to "go to heaven when we die". That's not God's purpose. The current reality is temporary. Death is the enemy of God.

LIFE



Strongs Greek 02222 ζωή zōḗ, dzo-ay'
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(literally or figuratively):--life(-time).
2. záō (living | alive)

Strongs Greek 02198 ζάω záō, dzah'-o
a primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively):--life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Genesis 3:20 (Septuagint)
And Adam called the name of his wife Life [zōḗ], because she is the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:20 (King James Version) 
And Adam called his wife's name Eve [chavvâh], because she was the mother of all living. 

Strongs Hebrew 2332חוּה chavvâh khav-vaw'
lifegiver; Chavvah (or {Eve}) the first woman: - Eve.

A quick history of the fall of man and God's salvation in Christ:

Soma: The body.
Sarx: The flesh.
psychḗ: The soul.
Pneuma: Spirit.






Matthew 22:32b
“God is not the God of the dead but of the living [záō]!"

Throughout the New Testament, the  life | eternal life [zōḗ] of humans is linked to life in the body [záō].

In the long list of verses where it's found (see just a little further down below), the word záō (alive | living) is always referring either to the living God, or to humans who are alive in the body. The word is never used in reference to anyone who has died | fallen asleep | is not alive and living in the body (to say that the life of Adam or the life of humans is experienced in the body sounds like a ridiculous statement about the obvious).

Similarly, the Greek words that talk about the resurrection | rising again, i.e anástasis, égersis, anístēmi, and egeírō, without exception when they are talking about rising again from death, are talking about and referring only to the resurrection of the body (the body that died and became the seed of the spiritual, but tangible, body that we are taught will be raised).

The words never refer to a "spiritual" resurrection. (This is not to say that humans have no soul | spirit or that there is no "afterlife" experience), but the Bible tells us that immortality is in Christ alone.

-- "God has given to us eternal life in the body [zōḗ], and this (eternal) life in the body [zōḗ] is IN HIS SON. He that has the Son has (eternal) life in the body [zōḗ]; and he that has not the Son of God has not (eternal) life in the body [zōḗ]." -- 1 John 5:11-12.

-- "The Word was in the beginning with God. In Him was (eternal) life [zōḗ], and the (eternal) life [zōḗ] was the light of men." -- John 1:2 & 4.

Jesus' friend, Lazarus, had died. His sisters called for Jesus, and when Jesus arrived, Lazarus' sistr Martha said:

-- "I know that he shall rise from the dead bodily [anístēmi] in the resurrection of the body [anástasis] at the last day.

Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection of the body [anástasis] and the the (eternal) Life [zōḗ]! 

He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live in the body [zōḗ].

And whoever is alive in the body [zōḗ] AND believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" -- Jon 11:24-26.

It's because:

-- "The Word was in the beginning with God. In Him was (eternal) life [zōḗ], and the (eternal) life [zōḗ] was the light of men." -- John 1:2 & 4.

Záō


The word záō (alive | living) is always referring either to the living God, or to humans who are alive in the body. The word is never used in reference to anyone who has died | fallen asleep | is not alive and living in the body:- 

|| Matthew 16:16; Matthew 22:32; Matthew 26:63; Matthew 27:63; Mark 5:23; Mark 12:27; Mark 16:11; Luke 2:36; Luke 4:4; Luke 10:28; Luke 15:13; Luke 20:38; Luke 24:5; Luke 24:23; John 4:10; John 4:11; John 4:50; John 4:51; John 4:53; John 5:25; John 6:51; John 6:57; John 6:58; John 6:69; John 7:38; John 11:25; John 11:26; John 14:19; Acts 1:3; Acts 7:38; Acts 9:41; Acts 10:42; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:28; Acts 20:12; Acts 22:22; Acts 25:19; Acts 25:24; Acts 26:5; Acts 28:4; Romans 1:17; Romans 6:2; Romans 6:10; Romans 6:11; Romans 6:13; Romans 7:1; Romans 7:2; Romans 7:3; Romans 7:9; Romans 8:12; Romans 8:13; Romans 9:26; Romans 10:5; Romans 12:1; Romans 14:7; Romans 14:8; Romans 14:9; Romans 14:11; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 9:14; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 2:14; Galatians 2:19; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 3:11; Galatians 3:12; Galatians 5:25; Philippians 1:21; Philippians 1:22; Colossians 2:20; Colossians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 5:6; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 2:12; Hebrews 2:15; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 7:8; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:17; Hebrews 10:20; Hebrews 10:31; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 12:9; Hebrews 12:22; James 4:15; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:5; 1 Peter 4:6; 1 John 4:9; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 3:1; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 7:2; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 15:7; Revelation 16:3; Revelation 19:20 (cast alive into the lake of fire); Revelation 20:4. ||

Romans 14:11:

For it is written, As I be alive [záō], saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

John 6:69:

And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the alive [záō] God.


Matthew 16:16

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living [záō] God."

Matthew 26:63

"I charge you under oath by the living [záō] God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Matthew 27:63

"Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive [záō] he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Matthew 22:32b

“God is not the God of the dead but of the living [záō]!"

Matthew 4:4:

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not be alive [záō] by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 9:18:

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall be alive [záō].

Mark 16:11

And when they heard that he was alive [záō] and had been seen by her, they did not believe.


Mark 5:23

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live [záō]."

Mark 12:27

"He is not the God of the dead but of the living [záō]. You are badly mistaken!"

Luke 2:36:

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had been alive [záō] with an husband seven years from her virginity.

Luke 4:4:

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not be alive [záō] by bread alone, but by every word of God.


Luke 10:28:

And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt be alive [záō].


Luke 15:13:

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living [záō].

Luke 20:38:

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the alive [záō]: for all be alive [záō] unto him.


Luke 24:5:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the alive [záō] among the dead?

Luke 24:23:

And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive [záō].

John 4:10:

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee alive [záō] water.

John 4:11:

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that alive [záō] water?


John 4:50:

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son be alive [záō]. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.


John 4:51:

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son be alive [záō].


John 4:53:

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son be alive [záō]: and himself believed, and his whole house.

John 5:25:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall be alive [záō].

John 6:51:

I am the alive [záō] bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall be alive [záō] for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:57:

As the alive [záō] Father hath sent me, and I be alive [záō] by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall be alive [záō] by me.


John 6:58:

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall be alive [záō] for ever.


John 7:38:

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of alive [záō] water.


John 11:25:

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he be alive [záō].

John 11:26:

And whosoever be alive [záō] and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?


John 14:19:

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I be alive [záō], ye shall be alive [záō] also.


Acts 1:3:

To whom also he shewed himself alive [záō] after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Acts 7:38:

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the alive [záō] oracles to give unto us.

Acts 9:41:

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive [záō].


Acts 10:42:

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.


Acts 14:15:

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the alive [záō] God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.

Acts 17:28:

For in him we be alive [záō], and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.


Acts 20:12:

And they brought the young man alive [záō], and were not a little comforted.


Acts 22:22:

And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should be alive [záō].

Acts 25:19:

But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive [záō].


Acts 25:24:

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to be alive [záō] any longer.

Acts 26:5:

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion have I been alive [záō] a Pharisee.


Acts 28:4:

And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to be alive [záō].

Romans 1:17:

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall be alive [záō] by faith.


Romans 6:2:

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, be alive [záō] any longer therein?


Romans 6:10.

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he be alive [záō], he be alive [záō] unto God.

Romans 6:11:

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive [záō] unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:13:

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive [záō] from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.


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Romans 7:1:
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he be alive [záō]?

Romans 7:2:
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he be alive [záō]; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Romans 7:3:
So then if, while her husband be alive [záō], she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Romans 7:9:
For I was alive [záō] without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Romans 8:12:
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to be alive [záō] after the flesh.

Romans 8:13:
For if ye be alive [záō] after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall be alive [záō].

Romans 9:26:
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the alive [záō] God.

Romans 10:5:
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall be alive [záō] by them.

Romans 12:1:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living [záō] sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 14:7:
For none of us be alive [záō] to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Romans 14:8:
For whether we be alive [záō], we be alive [záō] unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we be alive [záō] therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 14:9:
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the alive [záō].

I Corinthians 7:39:
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband be alive [záō]; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

I Corinthians 9:14:
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should be alive [záō] of the gospel.

I Corinthians 15:45:
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made an alive [záō] soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

II Corinthians 1:8:
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even being alive [záō].

II Corinthians 3:3:
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the alive [záō] God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

II Corinthians 4:11:
For we who be alive [záō] are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life [zōḗ] of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.

II Corinthians 5:15.
And that he died for all, that they which be alive [záō] should not henceforth be alive [záō] unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

II Corinthians 6:9:
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we be alive [záō]; as chastened, and not killed.

II Corinthians 6:16:
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the alive [záō] God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

II Corinthians 13:4:
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he be alive [záō] by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall be alive [záō] with him by the power of God toward you.

Galatians 2:14:
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, live [záō] after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live [záō] as do the Jews?

Galatians 2:19:
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might be alive [záō] unto God.

Galatians 2:20:
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I be alive [záō]; yet not I, but Christ be alive [záō] in me: and the life which I now live [záō] in the flesh I live [záō] by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Galatians 3:11:
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall be alive [záō] by faith.

Galatians 3:12:
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall be alive [záō] in them.

Galatians 5:25:
If we be alive [záō] in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Philippians 1:21:
For to me to be alive [záō] is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:22:
But if I be alive [záō] in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

Colossians 2:20:
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though alive [záō] in the world, are ye subject to ordinances.

Colossians 3:7:
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye have been alive [záō] in them.

I Thessalonians 1:9:
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the alive [záō] and true God.

I Thessalonians 3:8:
For now we be alive [záō], if ye stand fast in the Lord.

I Thessalonians 4:15:
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [záō] and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

I Thessalonians 4:17:
Then we which are alive [záō] and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

I Thessalonians 5:10:
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should be alive [záō] together with him.

I Timothy 3:15:

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the alive [záō] God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

I Timothy 4:10:
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the alive [záō] God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

I Timothy 5:6:
But she that be alive [záō] in pleasure is dead while she be alive [záō].

I Timothy 6:17:
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the alive [záō] God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.

II Timothy 3:12:
Yea, and all that will be alive [záō] godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

II Timothy 4:1.
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the alive [záō] and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.

Titus 2:12:
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should be alive [záō] soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.

Hebrews 2:15:
And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime [záō] subject to bondage.

Hebrews 3:12:
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the alive [záō] God.

Hebrews 4:12:
For the word of God is alive [záō], and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 7:8:
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he be alive [záō].

Hebrews 7:25:
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever be alive [záō] to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:14:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the alive [záō] God?

Hebrews 9:17:
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator be alive [záō].

Hebrews 10:20:
By a new and alive [záō] way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.

Hebrews 10:31:
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the alive [záō] God.

Hebrews 10:38:
Now the just shall be alive [záō] by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 12:9:
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and be alive [záō]?

Hebrews 12:22:
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the alive [záō] God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.

James 4:15:
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall be alive [záō], and do this, or that.

I Peter 1:3:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an alive [záō] hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

I Peter 1:23:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which be alive [záō] and abideth for ever.

I Peter 2:4:
To whom coming, as unto an alive [záō] stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious.

I Peter 2:5:
Ye also, as alive [záō] stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

I Peter 2:24:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should be alive [záō] unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

I Peter 4:5:
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the alive [záō] and the dead.

I Peter 4:6:
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but be alive [záō] according to God in the spirit.

I John 4:9:
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might be alive [záō] through him.

Revelation 1:18:
I am he that be alive [záō], and was dead; and, behold, I am alive [záō] for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Revelation 2:8:
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive [záō].

Revelation 3:1:
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou be alive [záō], and art dead.

Revelation 4:9:
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who be alive [záō] for ever and ever.

Revelation 4:10:
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that be alive [záō] for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Revelation 5:14:
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that be alive [záō] for ever and ever. 

Revelation 7:2:
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the alive [záō] God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.

Revelation 7:17:
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto alive [záō] fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

Revelation 10:6:
And sware by him that be alive [záō] for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Revelation 13:14:
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did be alive [záō].

Revelation 15:7:
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who be alive [záō] for ever and ever.

Revelation 16:3:
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every alive [záō] soul died in the sea.

Revelation 19:20:
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive [záō] into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:4:
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they be alive [záō] and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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