ζηλόω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for קָנָא pi. ;] 1. to burn with envy or jealousy, to be jealousy: absol., Act.7:9 17:5, 1Co.13:4, Jas.4:2 (R, mg., cf. Mayor, in l). 2. to seek or desire eagerly: with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.12:31 14:1 14:39 (cf. Sir.50:18, Wis.1:12); with accusative of person(s), 2Co.11:2, Gal.4:17; pass., Gal.4:18.† (AS)
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G2206 — ζηλόω
zēloō · be eager · Greek
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Acts 7:9 · ζηλώσαντεςAnd the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Acts 17:5 · ΖηλώσαντεςBut 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.1 Corinthians 12:31 · ζηλοῦτεBut covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.1 Corinthians 13:4 · ζηλοῖ,Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,1 Corinthians 14:1 · ζηλοῦτεFollow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.1 Corinthians 14:39 · ζηλοῦτεWherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.2 Corinthians 11:2 · ζηλῶFor 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 · ζηλοῦσιν · ζηλοῦτε.They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.Galatians 4:18 · ζηλοῦσθαιBut [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.James 4:2 · ζηλοῦτεYe 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.