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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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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring them to the populace,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:4 - The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:1 - Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:39 - so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:2 - for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:17 - they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:18 - and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:2 - ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 - 'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
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