ζῆλος
zēlos
“zeal”
Definition
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
from G2204 (ζέω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
ζῆλος appears 16 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
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?
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.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
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