Strong G2206ζηλόω
be eager
- Transliteration
- zēloō
- Pronunciation
- dzay-lo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2205; to have warmth of feeling for or against: - affect covet (earnestly) (have) desire (move with) envy be jealous over (be) zealous (-ly affect).
Detailed definition
ζηλόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for קָנָא pi.;]
1. to burn with envy or jealousy, to be jealousy: absol., Act.7:9 17:5, 1Co.13:4, Jas.4:2 (R, mg., cf. Mayor, in l).
2. to seek or desire eagerly: with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.12:31 14:1 14:39 (cf. Sir.50:18, Wis.1:12); with accusative of person(s), 2Co.11:2, Gal.4:17; pass., Gal.4:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָנָא pi.;]
1. to burn with envy or jealousy, to be jealousy: absol., Act.7:9 17:5, 1Co.13:4, Jas.4:2 (R, mg., cf. Mayor, in l).
2. to seek or desire eagerly: with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.12:31 14:1 14:39 (cf. Sir.50:18, Wis.1:12); with accusative of person(s), 2Co.11:2, Gal.4:17; pass., Gal.4:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2206 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- affect2
- be2
- covet2
- desire2
- move2
- envieth1
First verses
- Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
- Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
- 1 Corinthians 12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 1 Corinthians 14:1Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- 1 Corinthians 14:39Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Galatians 4:17They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
- Galatians 4:18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
- James 4:2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζηλ-όω,
(ζῆλος):
I with accusative person, vie with, emulate, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553a, “Michel” 1007.29 (Teos, 2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.125S., etc.: c._accusative_ _of things_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; in bad sense, to be jealous of, envy, ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 23, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 168, 223, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.27; τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα LXX.Sir.9.1)]: absolutely, to be jealous, [NT (NT.1Cor.13.4; ζηλώσαντες)]through jealousy, [NT (NT.Acts.7.9.)]
b with accusative person, to be jealous for, [LXX (LXX.Num.11.29.)]
2 esteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise, τινά τινος one for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1027, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.91; ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1008 (Lyric poetry); τῆς εὐγλωττίας [prev. author] “Eq.” 837; τῆς εὐτυχίας τὸν πρέσβυν [prev. author] “V.” 1450 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ πλούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.45; τινὰ ἐπί τισι “IG” 12(5).860.47 (Tenos, 1st c.BC))]: more rarely, ζ. τινά τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 552)]; ζ. σε ὁθούνεκα.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332)]; τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.45)]; πολλά σε ζηλῶ βίου, μάλιστα δ᾽ εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584)]: with participle, σε ζ. θανόντα πρὶν κακῶν ἰδεῖν βάθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 712 (troch.), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 521: iron., ζηλῶ σε)] happy in your ignorance! [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 60; ὑμῶν οὐ ζηλοῦμεν τὸ ἄφρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105)]:—passive, to be deemed fortunate, ὑπό τινων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a.)]
II with accusative of things, desire emulously, strive after, affect, ὁ μὲν δόξης ἐπιθυμεῖ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐζήλωκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; ἀρετήν [prev. author] 20.141; ἀστρολογίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.53U.; μάθησιν “PSI” 1.94.9 (2nd c.AD))]; πίστιν [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.1.3.2)]:—passive, ἡ ἀρετὴ ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζηλοῦται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.26; τὰ ζηλούμενα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360b34.)]
III also of persons, pay zealous court to, [NT (NT.Gal.4.17:—)]passive [Refs (, [prev. work]18.)]
(ζῆλος):
I with accusative person, vie with, emulate, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553a, “Michel” 1007.29 (Teos, 2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.125S., etc.: c._accusative_ _of things_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; in bad sense, to be jealous of, envy, ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 23, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 168, 223, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.27; τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα LXX.Sir.9.1)]: absolutely, to be jealous, [NT (NT.1Cor.13.4; ζηλώσαντες)]through jealousy, [NT (NT.Acts.7.9.)]
b with accusative person, to be jealous for, [LXX (LXX.Num.11.29.)]
2 esteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise, τινά τινος one for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1027, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.91; ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1008 (Lyric poetry); τῆς εὐγλωττίας [prev. author] “Eq.” 837; τῆς εὐτυχίας τὸν πρέσβυν [prev. author] “V.” 1450 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ πλούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.45; τινὰ ἐπί τισι “IG” 12(5).860.47 (Tenos, 1st c.BC))]: more rarely, ζ. τινά τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 552)]; ζ. σε ὁθούνεκα.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332)]; τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.45)]; πολλά σε ζηλῶ βίου, μάλιστα δ᾽ εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584)]: with participle, σε ζ. θανόντα πρὶν κακῶν ἰδεῖν βάθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 712 (troch.), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 521: iron., ζηλῶ σε)] happy in your ignorance! [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 60; ὑμῶν οὐ ζηλοῦμεν τὸ ἄφρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105)]:—passive, to be deemed fortunate, ὑπό τινων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a.)]
II with accusative of things, desire emulously, strive after, affect, ὁ μὲν δόξης ἐπιθυμεῖ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐζήλωκε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; ἀρετήν [prev. author] 20.141; ἀστρολογίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.53U.; μάθησιν “PSI” 1.94.9 (2nd c.AD))]; πίστιν [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.1.3.2)]:—passive, ἡ ἀρετὴ ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζηλοῦται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.26; τὰ ζηλούμενα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360b34.)]
III also of persons, pay zealous court to, [NT (NT.Gal.4.17:—)]passive [Refs (, [prev. work]18.)]