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Strong's #2206 - ζηλόω
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- 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
- to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger
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ζηλ-όω, (ζῆλος):
I c. acc. pers., vie with, emulate, τινα Th. 2.37, Pl. R. 553a, Michel 1007.29 (Teos, ii B.C.): —
1. Pass., Phld. Rh. 1.125S., etc.: c.acc. rei, Th. 2.64; in bad sense, to be jealous of, envy, ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων Hes. Op. 23, cf. h.Cer. 168, 223, Theoc. 6.27; τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα LXX Si. 9.1: abs., to be jealous, 1 Corinthians 13:4; ζηλώσαντες through jealousy, Acts 7:9. c. acc. pers., to be jealous for, LXX Numbers 11:29.
2. esteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise, τινά τινος one for a thing, S. El. 1027, Isoc. 4.91; ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας Ar. Ach. 1008 (lyr.); τῆς εὐγλωττίας Id. Eq. 837; τῆς εὐτυχίας τὸν πρέσβυν Id. V. 1450 (lyr.); τοῦ πλούτου X. Smp. 4.45; τινὰ ἐπί τισι IG 12(5).860.47 (Tenos, i B.C.): more rarely, ζ. τινά τι S. Aj. 552; ζ. σε ὁθούνεκα.. A. Pr. 332; τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι.. X. HG 6.5.45; πολλά σε ζηλῶ βίου, μάλιστα δ' εἰ.. S. Fr. 584: c. part., σε ζ. θανόντα πρὶν κακῶν ἰδεῖν βάθος A. Pers. 712 (troch.), cf. E. Or. 521: iron., ζηλῶ[]σε happy in your ignorance! Id. Med. 60; ὑμῶν οὐ ζηλοῦμεν τὸ ἄφρον Th. 5.105: — Pass., to be deemed fortunate, ὑπό τινων Pl. Phdr. 232a.
II c. acc.rei, desire emulously, strive after, affect, ὁ μὲν δόξης ἐπιθυμεῖ καὶ τοῦτ' ἐζήλωκε D. 2.15; ἀρετήν Id. 20.141; ἀστρολογίαν Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.53U.; μάθησιν PSI 1.94.9 (ii A.D.); πίστιν Cod.Just. 1.1.3.2: — Pass., ἡ ἀρετὴ ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζηλοῦται Lys. 2.26; τὰ ζηλούμενα Arist. Rh. 1360b34.
III also of persons, pay zealous court to, Galatians 4:17 : — Pass., ib.18.
ζηλεύω; equivalent to ζηλόω, which see;
1. to envy, be jealous: Simplicius in Epictetus c. 26, p. 131, Salinas edition. (c. 19, 2, p. 56, 34 Didot) οὐδείς τῶν τ' ἀγαθόν τό ἀνθρώπινον ζητούντων φθονει ἤ ζηλευει πότε.
2. in a good sense, to imitate emulously, strive after: ἔργα ἀρετῆς, οὐ λόγους, Demosthenes quoted in Stab. flor. app. 14, 7, iv. 384, Gaisf. edition; intransitive, to be full of zeal for good, be zealous: Revelation 3:19 L T Tr text WH, for Rec. ζήλωσον (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 171).
STRONGS NT 2206: ζηλόω ζηλόω, ζήλῳ; 1 aorist ἐζήλωσα; present passive infinitive ζηλοῦσθαι; (ζῆλος, which see); the Sept. for קִנֵּא; to burn with zeal;
1. absolutely, to be heated or to boil (A. V. to be moved) with envy, hatred, anger: Acts 7:9; Acts 17:5 (where Griesbach omits ζηλώσαντες); 1 Corinthians 13:4; James 4:2; in a good sense, to be zealous in the pursuit of good, Revelation 3:19 R G Tr marginal reading (the aorist ζήλωσον marks the entrance into the mental state, see βασιλεύω, at the end; ἐζηλωσε, he was seized with indignation, 1 Macc. 2:24).
2. transitive, τί, to desire earnestly, pursue: 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 14:1, 39, (Sir. 51:18; Thucydides 2, 37; Euripides, Hec. 255; Demosthenes 500, 2; others); μᾶλλον δέ, namely, ζηλοῦτε, followed by ἵνα, 1 Corinthians 14:1 (Buttmann, 237 (205); cf. Winer's Grammar, 577 (537)). τινα, a. to desire one earnestly, to strive after, busy oneself about him: to exert oneself for one (that he may not be torn from me), 2 Corinthians 11:2; to seek to draw over to one's side, Galatians 4:17 (cf. ἵνα, II. 1 d.); to court one's good will and favor, Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 24:1; Psalm 36:1
b. to envy one: Genesis 26:14; Genesis 30:1; Genesis 37:11; Hesiod app. 310; Homer Cer. 168, 223; and in the same sense, according to some interpretations, in Acts 7:9; but there is no objection to considering ζηλώσαντες here as used absolutely (see 1 above (so A. V. (not R. V.))) and τόν Ἰωσήφ as depending on the verb ἀπέδοντο alone. (Compare: παραζηλόω.)
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ζηλόω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7065 pi.;]
1. to burn with envy or jealousy, to be jealousy: absol., Acts 7:9; Acts 17:5, 1 Corinthians 13:4, James 4:2 (R, mg., cf. Mayor, in l).
2. to seek or desire eagerly: c. acc rei, 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:39 (cf. Sirach 50:18, Wisdom of Solomon 1:12); c. acc pers., 2 Corinthians 11:2, Galatians 4:17; pass., Galatians 4:18.†
* ζηλεύω ,
late and rare form of ζηλόω , q.v.;
1. to envy, be jealous.
2. to be zealous: Revelation 3:19.†
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For ζηλόω c. acc., as in Acts 7:9 according to the RV rendering (cf. Galatians 4:17), see PSI I. 94.9 (ii/A.D.) ζηλοῖ γὰρ τὴν μάθησιν, and from the inscrr. Michel 394.47 (mid. i/B.C.) ἐφ᾽ οἷς οὐχ ἧττον ὁ δῆμος [ζ ]ηλοῖ αὐτόν, and ib. 1007.29 (ii/B.C.) καὶ ζηλῶσιν αὐτοὺς οἱ ἐπιγινόμενοι Ἐχιναδῶν. The compound ζηλοτυπέω may be illustrated from P Oxy III. 472.11 (c. A.D. 130) ἐζηλοτύπει αὐτὴν μὴ ἐπισταμένην, ";he was jealous of her without her knowledge"; (Edd.) : cf. for the subst. Numbers 5:15 θυσία ζηλοτυπίας.
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