- Original: σπουδή - Transliteration: Spoude - Phonetic: spoo-day' - Definition: 1. haste, with haste 2. earnestness, diligence a. earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or striving after anything b. to give all diligence, interest one's self most earnestly - Origin: from G4692 - TDNT entry: 16:19,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4692 ; speed that is (by implication) despatch eagerness earnestness: - business (earnest) care (-fulness) diligence forwardness haste. Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • business, 1 Romans 12:11 • care, 2 2 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 8:16 • carefulness, 1 2 Corinthians 7:11 • diligence, 5 Romans 12:8; 2 Corinthians 8:7; Hebrews 6:11; 2 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:3 • forwardness, 1 2 Corinthians 8:8 • haste, 2 Mar 6:25; Luke 1:39