G2206

ζηλόω

zēloō

Verb · From ζῆλος (G2205)

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).

Outline

to burn with zeal

to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger

in a good sense, to be zealous in the pursuit of good

to desire earnestly, pursue

to desire one earnestly, to strive after, busy one's self about him
to exert one's self for one (that he may not be torn from me)
to be the object of the zeal of others, to be zealously sought after

to envy

Usages

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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Acts 17:5

¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Breakdown

Certain lewd fellows of the baser sort: dumb, easily influenced men.

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1 Corinthians 12:31

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

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1 Corinthians 13:4

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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1 Corinthians 14:1

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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The greatest spiritual gift is to prophesy.

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1 Corinthians 14:39

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

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2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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Galatians 4:17

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

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Galatians 4:18

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

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not only when I am present with you Don't try to be righteous only to please men when they can see you, but always.

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James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Precepts

Hebrews 12:6

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