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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 31 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - and he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and many servants, so that the Philistines were jealous of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 -

Then Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, so [fn]she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11 - And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - [fn]if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife and she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife but she has not defiled herself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before Yahweh, and the priest shall apply all this law to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of Yahweh were prophets, that Yahweh would put His Spirit upon them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be for him and his seed after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 -

“And Yahweh saw this and spurned them

Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

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Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel [fn]made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - Then he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16 - Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So [fn]he made him ride in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3 -

For I was envious of the boastful,

I saw the peace of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 -

Do not envy a man of violence

And do not choose any of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 -

Do not enter the path of wicked men

And do not step into the way of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 -

Go to the ant, O sluggard,

Observe her ways and be wise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 -

Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners,

But be zealous in the [fn]fear of Yahweh [fn]always.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1 -

Do not be jealous of evil men,

And do not desire to be with them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 -

Do not fret because of evildoers

Do not be jealous of the wicked;

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Then it will be in that day, that the Lord

Will again acquire the second time with His hand

The remnant of His people, who will remain,

From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, [fn]Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,

And from the coastlands of the sea.

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Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,

And those who assail Judah will be cut off;

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,

And Judah will not assail Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 -

‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage,

And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:25

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Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Now I will return the [fn]fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.

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Then Yahweh [fn]will be zealous for His land

And [fn]will spare His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Call out, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘[fn]I am jealous with great jealousy for Zion, and with great wrath I am jealous for her.’
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