spoudaios describes earnest, careful effort in seeking, pleading, helping, or sending someone.

The attested adverb marks earnest, careful effort directed toward an action: seeking someone, pleading for a request, helping travelers onward, and sending someone with heightened concern.

1. Earnest, careful effort in an action · dominant

   The adverb occurs with seeking in 2 Timothy 1:17, where the APB renders that he “diligently sought me and found me,” and with pleading in Luke 7:4, rendered “they pleaded with him earnestly.” It also qualifies help given for travelers in Titus 3:13; the comparative adverbial form in Philippians 2:28 appears in the clause about sending him so that the recipients may rejoice.

   2 Timothy 1:17Luke 7:4Philippians 2:28Titus 3:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “diligently” in 2 Timothy 1:17 and Titus 3:13 and “earnestly” in Luke 7:4. In Philippians 2:28, its rendering does not make the comparative adverb’s specific contribution transparent.