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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

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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 - And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11 - And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she should not be defiled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or in the case of a man on whomsoever the spirit of jealousy should come, and he should be jealous of his wife, and he should place his wife before the Lord, and the priest shall execute towards her all this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord's people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous [fn]among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 - And the Lord saw, and was jealous; and was provoked by the anger of his sons and daughters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - And Joshua said to the people, Indeed ye will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And king David called the Gabaonites, and said to them;—(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but are of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And Eliu said, [fn] I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have digged down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and they have overthrown thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16 - And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3 - (LXX 72:3) For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 - Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1 - My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 - Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again shew his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not afflict Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God's paradise of delight envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I turn back captivity in Jacob, and will have mercy on the house of Israel, and will be jealous for the sake of my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.
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