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Strong's Number G2206

ζηλόω

zeloo · dzay-lo'-o

Transliteration:

zeloo{dzay-lo'-o}

Word Origin:

from 2205

TDNT:

2:882,297

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to have warmth of feeling for or against

Usage in the KJV:

zealously affect 2, more with envy 2, envy 3, be zealous 1, affect 1, desire 2, covet 1, covet earnestly 1, misc 2

Total: 12
Occurs 12 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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