Lexicon :: Strong's G2206 - zēloō

He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him.

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die! ” she said to Jacob.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

“and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself ​— ​or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself ​— ​

“or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.

But Moses asked him, “Are you jealous on my account? If only all the LORD’s people were prophets and the LORD would place his Spirit on them! ”

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,[fn] so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal.

“It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

When the LORD saw this, he despised them,

angered by his sons and daughters.

But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship the LORD, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”

“I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”

Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD! ” So he let him ride with him in his chariot.

For I envied the arrogant;

I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Don’t envy a violent man

or choose any of his ways;

Keep off the path of the wicked;

don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.

Go to the ant, you slacker!

Observe its ways and become wise.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;

instead, always fear the LORD.

Don’t envy the evil

or desire to be with them,

Don’t be agitated by evildoers,

and don’t envy the wicked.

On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive ​— ​from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.

Ephraim’s envy will cease;

Judah’s harassing will end.

Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,

and Judah will not harass Ephraim.

“I made it beautiful with its many limbs,

and all the trees of Eden,

which were in God’s garden, envied it.

“So this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Then the LORD became jealous for his land and spared his people.

So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The LORD of Armies says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

The LORD of Armies says this: “I am extremely jealous for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.”