Strong G2204ζέω
be fervent
- Transliteration
- zeō
- Pronunciation
- dzeh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to be hot (boil of liquids; or glow of solids) that is (figuratively) be fervid (earnest): - be fervent.
Detailed definition
ζέω
[in LXX for רוּם, רָתַח, metaphorically, 4Ma.18:20;]
to boil, be hot; metaphorically, of anger, love, zeal: ptcp., fervent: τ. πνεύματι, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11.†
(AS)
[in LXX for רוּם, רָתַח, metaphorically, 4Ma.18:20;]
to boil, be hot; metaphorically, of anger, love, zeal: ptcp., fervent: τ. πνεύματι, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2204 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fervent2
First verses
- Acts 18:25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
- Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζέω,
contraction 3rd.pers. singular ζεῖ even in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.362)]; later Epic dialect ζείω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 60,)]subjunctive ζείῃσι Epic. in [Refs (“Arch.Papyrus” 7p.7)]; in late Prose ζέννυμι (which see): imperfect ζέε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.365, ἔζεε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 695, ἔζει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 434:)]future ζέσω (ἐξανα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 372)]: aorist ἔζεσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, compare ἐπιζέω)]; Epic dialect ζέσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.349:)] —passive, aorist ἐζέσθην (ἀπ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.3, (ἐν-) 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2)]: perfect ἔζεσμαι [Refs (“Geoponica” 10.54.3)]:—boil, seethe, of water, ἐπεὶ δὴ ζέσσεν ὕδωρ ἐνὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.349, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.360)]; ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον as the kettle boils, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.362, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 343)]; rarely of solids, to be fiery hot, χθὼν ἔζεε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 695, 847; χαλκός Callias Epigrammaticus [prev. cited])]
2 ferment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 11; γλεύκους ζέοντος 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.8.)]
3 metaphorically, boil or bubble up, τῆς θαλάσσης ζεσάσης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; αἷμα διὰ χρωτὸς ζέσσ᾽ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.208 (from Anyte))]; οἶνος ζεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 773d.)]
b of passion, ὁπηνίκ᾽ ἔζει θυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 434, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 440c, etc.; τὸ ζέον τῆς μάχης 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 1.33.)]
4 with genitive, boil up or over with a thing, λίμνη ζέουσα ὕδατος καὶ πηλοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a)]; πίθος ζ. [οἴνου] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.17.3)]; πεδία ζείοντ᾽ Ἀγαρηνῶν boiling, teeming with.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.39 (6th c.AD: Arabius Epigrammaticus))]; of persons, ζ. σκωλήκων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 59: with _dative_, ζ. φθειρί [prev. author] “Sat.” 26; ζ. φλογμῷ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 690; θάλαττα αἵυατι καὶ ῥοθίῳ ζέουσα 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.142J.)]
II causal, make to boil, boil, τοὶ δὲ λοετρὰ πυρὶ ζέον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.273)]; θυμὸν ἐπὶ Τροίῃ πόσον ἔζεσα; [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.385 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 exhale, ἀϋτμήν (variant{-μῇ}) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.734. (ζέ(ς) -ω, compare ζεσ-τός)], Sanskrit yásati 'boil', OHG.jësan 'ferment', 'foam', Engl. yeast.)
contraction 3rd.pers. singular ζεῖ even in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.362)]; later Epic dialect ζείω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 60,)]subjunctive ζείῃσι Epic. in [Refs (“Arch.Papyrus” 7p.7)]; in late Prose ζέννυμι (which see): imperfect ζέε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.365, ἔζεε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 695, ἔζει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 434:)]future ζέσω (ἐξανα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 372)]: aorist ἔζεσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, compare ἐπιζέω)]; Epic dialect ζέσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.349:)] —passive, aorist ἐζέσθην (ἀπ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.3, (ἐν-) 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2)]: perfect ἔζεσμαι [Refs (“Geoponica” 10.54.3)]:—boil, seethe, of water, ἐπεὶ δὴ ζέσσεν ὕδωρ ἐνὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.349, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.360)]; ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον as the kettle boils, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.362, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 343)]; rarely of solids, to be fiery hot, χθὼν ἔζεε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 695, 847; χαλκός Callias Epigrammaticus [prev. cited])]
2 ferment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 11; γλεύκους ζέοντος 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.8.)]
3 metaphorically, boil or bubble up, τῆς θαλάσσης ζεσάσης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; αἷμα διὰ χρωτὸς ζέσσ᾽ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.208 (from Anyte))]; οἶνος ζεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 773d.)]
b of passion, ὁπηνίκ᾽ ἔζει θυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 434, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 440c, etc.; τὸ ζέον τῆς μάχης 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 1.33.)]
4 with genitive, boil up or over with a thing, λίμνη ζέουσα ὕδατος καὶ πηλοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a)]; πίθος ζ. [οἴνου] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.17.3)]; πεδία ζείοντ᾽ Ἀγαρηνῶν boiling, teeming with.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.39 (6th c.AD: Arabius Epigrammaticus))]; of persons, ζ. σκωλήκων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 59: with _dative_, ζ. φθειρί [prev. author] “Sat.” 26; ζ. φλογμῷ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 690; θάλαττα αἵυατι καὶ ῥοθίῳ ζέουσα 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.142J.)]
II causal, make to boil, boil, τοὶ δὲ λοετρὰ πυρὶ ζέον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.273)]; θυμὸν ἐπὶ Τροίῃ πόσον ἔζεσα; [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.385 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 exhale, ἀϋτμήν (variant{-μῇ}) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.734. (ζέ(ς) -ω, compare ζεσ-τός)], Sanskrit yásati 'boil', OHG.jësan 'ferment', 'foam', Engl. yeast.)