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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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“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

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But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

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But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

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Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,

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Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy.

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So then, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

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For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband ​— ​to present a pure virgin to Christ.

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They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them.

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But it is always good to be pursued[fn] in a good manner ​— ​and not just when I am with you.

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You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.[fn] You do not have because you do not ask.

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“As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.

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