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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ζηλόω

Strong’s: G2206

Associated OET lemmas: ζηλεύω · ζηλόω

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: ζηλεύω (G2206a)

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ζηλεύω · ζῆλος · ζηλωτής · παραζηλόω

Sense 1: to be earnest, to set one’s heart on, to be completely intent upon

Semantic entry: 25.76

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner

Definition: to be deeply committed to something, with the implication of accompanying desire

Notes: It is also possible to understand ζηλοῦτε in RV CO1 12:31 · LV CO1 12:31 · Read together CO1 12:31 as being indicative and therefore translated as ‘you set your hearts on the more important gifts.’

CO1 12:31: RV CO1 12:31 · LV CO1 12:31 · Read together CO1 12:31

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OET-RV CO1 12:31

31 But strive for the better gifts.
 ¶ And now I’ll demonstrate a better way to you all:

OET-LV CO1 12:31

31 But be_being_zealous for_the gifts the greater.
And still by an_excellent way, to_you_all I_am_showing.

CO1 14:1: RV CO1 14:1 · LV CO1 14:1 · Read together CO1 14:1

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OET-RV CO1 14:1

14 Aim to show love, and eagerly strive for spiritual things—especially the ability to prophesy,

OET-LV CO1 14:1

14 Be_pursuing the love, and be_being_zealous the for_spiritual matters, but more that you_all_may_be_prophesying.

Sense 2: to have a deep concern for, to be devoted to, earnest concern

Semantic entry: 25.46

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Love, Affection, Compassion

Definition: to have a deep concern for or devotion to someone or something

Notes: The Judaizers referred to in RV GAL 4:17 · LV GAL 4:17 · Read together GAL 4:17 may have been sincere, but they were misguided in their zeal.

CO1 14:1: RV CO1 14:1 · LV CO1 14:1 · Read together CO1 14:1

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OET-RV CO1 14:1

14 Aim to show love, and eagerly strive for spiritual things—especially the ability to prophesy,

OET-LV CO1 14:1

14 Be_pursuing the love, and be_being_zealous the for_spiritual matters, but more that you_all_may_be_prophesying.

CO1 14:39: RV CO1 14:39 · LV CO1 14:39 · Read together CO1 14:39

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OET-RV CO1 14:39

39 So brothers and sisters, strive to be able to prophesy, and don’t forbid the speaking of other languages,

OET-LV CO1 14:39

39 So_as, brothers, be_being_zealous which to_be_prophesying, and which to_be_speaking not be_forbidding with with_tongues.
All 5 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 14:1 · RV CO1 14:39 · LV CO1 14:1 · LV CO1 14:39 · Read together CO1 14:1 · Read together CO1 14:39

CO2: RV CO2 11:2 · LV CO2 11:2 · Read together CO2 11:2

GAL: RV GAL 4:17–18 · LV GAL 4:17–18 · Read together GAL 4:17–18

Sense 3: to covet

Semantic entry: 25.21

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire Strongly

Definition: set one’s heart on something that belongs to someone else

Notes: It is, of course, also possible to render ζηλόω in RV JAM 4:2 · LV JAM 4:2 · Read together JAM 4:2 as meaning ‘to be envious’ or ‘to be jealous’ (see 88.163: ζηλόω).

JAM 4:2: RV JAM 4:2 · LV JAM 4:2 · Read together JAM 4:2

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OET-RV JAM 4:2

2 You all have wants that are not fulfilled so it leads to murder. You’re jealous and not able to get everything you want, so you quarrel and fight. You don’t have, because you haven’t asked God,

OET-LV JAM 4:2

2 You_all_are_desiring and not you_all_are_having, you_all_are_murdering and are_being_jealous, and not you_all_are_being_able to_obtain, you_all_are_quarrelling and you_all_are_warring.
Not you_all_are_having, because_of that not to_be_requesting you_all,

Sense 4: to be jealous, to be envious

Semantic entry: 88.163

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Envy, Jealousy

Definition: to experience strong envy and resentment against someone

ACT 7:9: RV ACT 7:9 · LV ACT 7:9 · Read together ACT 7:9

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OET-RV ACT 7:9

9 Those brothers went on to become jealous of Yosef (Joseph) and sent him back into Mitsrayim (Egypt) as a slave, but God was with him

OET-LV ACT 7:9

9 And the patriarchs having_been_jealous the of_Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), gave_back him into Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), but the god was with him,

ACT 17:5: RV ACT 17:5 · LV ACT 17:5 · Read together ACT 17:5

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OET-RV ACT 17:5

5 But some of the other Yehudim (Jews) were envious of them, and enlisted some of the troublemakers from the marketplaces to form a mob. They stirred up all the people, and looking for Paulos and Silas so they could bring them out, arrived at the house of a man named Yason.

OET-LV ACT 17:5

5 But the Youdaiōns, having_been_jealous and having_taken_aside some evil men of_the marketplaces, and having_formed_a_mob, they_were_distressing the city, and having_approached to_the house of_Yasōn, they_were_seeking them to_bring_forth to the public.
All 5 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 7:9 · RV ACT 17:5 · LV ACT 7:9 · LV ACT 17:5 · Read together ACT 7:9 · Read together ACT 17:5

CO1: RV CO1 13:4 · LV CO1 13:4 · Read together CO1 13:4

CO2: RV CO2 11:2 · LV CO2 11:2 · Read together CO2 11:2

JAM: RV JAM 4:2 · LV JAM 4:2 · Read together JAM 4:2