ζῆλος, -ου, ὁ and in late Gk., also -εος, τό (2Co.9:2, Php.3:6), [in LXX for קִנְאָה, Num.25:11, al. ;] 1. zeal: 2Co.7:11 9:2; κατά ζῆλος, Php.3:6; with genitive obj., Jhn.2:17 (LXX), Rom.10:2; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.7:7; with genitive subj., θεοῦ, 2Co.11:2; πυρός, Heb.10:27 (cf. Isa.26:11, Wis.5:18, and cf. Westc., in l). 2. jealousy: Rom.13:13, 1Co.3:3 3:2 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20 (WH, txt, RV), Jas.3:14, 16; πλησθῆναι ζήλου Act.5:17 13:45; pl., ζῆλοι (see B1., § 32, 6), Gal.5:20, WH, mg.† (AS)
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G2205 — ζῆλος
zēlos · zeal · Greek
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John 2:17 · ζῆλοςHis disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”Acts 5:17 · ζήλουThen the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went outActs 13:45 · ζήλουBut when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.Romans 10:2 · ζῆλονFor I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.Romans 13:13 · ζήλῳ·Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.1 Corinthians 3:3 · ζῆλοςfor you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?2 Corinthians 7:7 · ζῆλονand not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.2 Corinthians 7:11 · ζῆλον,Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.2 Corinthians 9:2 · ζῆλοςFor I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.2 Corinthians 11:2 · ζήλῳ·I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.2 Corinthians 12:20 · ζῆλος,For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.Galatians 5:20 · ζῆλος,idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,Philippians 3:6 · ζῆλοςas to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.Hebrews 10:27 · ζῆλοςbut only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.James 3:14 · ζῆλονBut if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.James 3:16 · ζῆλοςFor where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.