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Lexicon :: Strong's G2206 - zēloō

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ζηλόω
Transliteration
zēloō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzay-lo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:882,297

Strong’s Definitions

†ζηλόω zēlóō, dzay-lo'-o; 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2206 in the following manner: zealously affect (2x), more with envy (2x), envy (1x), be zealous (1x), affect (1x), desire (1x), covet (1x), covet earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2206 in the following manner: zealously affect (2x), more with envy (2x), envy (1x), be zealous (1x), affect (1x), desire (1x), covet (1x), covet earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to burn with zeal

    1. to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger

      1. in a good sense, to be zealous in the pursuit of good

    2. to desire earnestly, pursue

      1. to desire one earnestly, to strive after, busy one's self about him

      2. to exert one's self for one (that he may not be torn from me)

      3. to be the object of the zeal of others, to be zealously sought after

    3. to envy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ζηλόω zēlóō, dzay-lo'-o; 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).
STRONGS G2206:
ζηλεύω; equivalent to ζηλόω, which see;
1. to envy, be jealous: Simplicius in Epictetus c. 26, p. 131, Salinas edition. (c. 19, 2, p. 56, 34 Didot) οὐδείς τῶν τ' ἀγαθόν τό ἀνθρώπινον ζητούντων φθονει ἤ ζηλευει πότε.
2. in a good sense, to imitate emulously, strive after: ἔργα ἀρετῆς, οὐ λόγους, Demosthenes quoted in Stab. flor. app. 14, 7, iv. 384, Gaisf. edition; intransitive, to be full of zeal for good, be zealous: Revelation 3:19 L T Tr text WH, for Rec. ζήλωσον (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 171).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Revelation
3:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2206 matches the Greek ζηλόω (zēloō),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Yosef, sold him into Mitzrayim. God was with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the disobedient Yehudim took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:4 - Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:1 - Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:39 - Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don't forbid speaking with other languages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:2 - For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:17 - They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:18 - But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:2 - You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 - As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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