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zēlos G2205

ζῆλος (zēlos) means “zeal” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ζῆλος Greek · G2205 16 tagged occurrences in 16 verses

Pronunciation guide: dzay'-los Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2205

ζῆλος · zēlos · zeal

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) eagerness, zeal, enthusiasm, (b) jealousy, rivalry.

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How translators render G2205

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
jealousy 7
zeal 5
with jealousy 2
of raging 1
zealous 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
envying 4
zeal 4
a zeal 1
emulations 1
envyings 1
fervent mind 1
indignation 1
jealousy 1
the zeal 1
with envy 1
with indignation 1

Verses containing G2205

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  1. John 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

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  2. Acts 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

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  3. Acts 13:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

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  4. Romans 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

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  5. Romans 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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  6. 1 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for 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?

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  7. 2 Corinthians 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and 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.

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  8. 2 Corinthians 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. 2 Corinthians 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For 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.

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  10. 2 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  11. 2 Corinthians 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  12. Galatians 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

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  13. Philippians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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  14. Hebrews 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

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  15. James 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

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  16. James 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

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