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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 - and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:29 - And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah’s people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 -
And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them,
Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16 - And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:3 -
For I was envious at the arrogant,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 -
Envy thou not the man of violence,
And choose none of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 -
Enter not into the path of the wicked,
And walk not in the way of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 -
Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
Consider her ways, and be wise:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 -
Let not thy heart envy sinners;
But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:1 -
Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 -
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;
Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
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