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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 BoxGen 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the LORD and is to apply this entire law to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 - The LORD saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16 - Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD.” Then he had him ride along in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3 - For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 - Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1 - Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 - Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,[fn] from Elam, from Babylonia,[fn] from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies[fn] will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[fn] and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then the LORD was jealous for his land and took pity on his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”
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