σπουδάζω
(< σπουδή), [in LXX chiefly for בּהלni.;]
to make haste; hence, to be zealous or eager, to give diligence: c. inf. (v. M, Pr., 205 f.), Ga 2:10, Eph 4:3, I Th 2:17, II Ti 2:154:9, 21, Tit 3:12, He 4:11, II Pe 1:103:14; c. acc. et inf. (on this construction v. Mayor in l.; MM, xxiii), II Pe 1:15 (for other constructions v. LS, s.v.).†