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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 TR Greek.

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