ζηλόω zēloō

Greek word for “be eager” · Strong’s G2206 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ζηλόω, -ῶ; 1. to burn with envy or jealousy, to be jealousy: absol., 17:5, (R, mg., cf.

How it is translated

Glosses given for zēloō in context, with how often each is used:

• do earnestly desire 2
• having envied 1
• having become jealous 1
• do be desirous 1
• envious 1
• jealous as to 1
• zealous after 1
• may be zealous after 1
• zealous 1
• covet 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 14 (2), Galatians 4 (2), Acts 7 (1), Acts 17 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 13 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1), James 4 (1)

Forms

• ζηλοῦτε 5
• ζηλώσαντες 1
• Ζηλώσαντες 1
• ζηλοῖ 1
• ζηλῶ 1
• ζηλοῦσιν 1
• ζηλοῦσθαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zēloō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προφητεύω prophēteuō “to prophesy” 2
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 2

Key verses

The verses using zēloō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
• 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…
• 1 Corinthians 12:31 — But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
• 1 Corinthians 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
• 1 Corinthians 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
• 1 Corinthians 14:39 — Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
• 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.
• Galatians 4:17 — They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
• 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.
• 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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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.