Greek root word (lemma) ‘ζηλόω’ (zēloō)

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This root form (lemma) ‘ζηλόω’ is used in 7 different forms in the Greek originals: Ζηλοῦσιν (V-IPA3··P), ζηλοῖ (V-IPA3··S), ζηλοῦσθαι (V-NPP····), ζηλοῦτε (V-IPA2··P), ζηλοῦτε (V-MPA2··P), ζηλώσαντες (V-PAA·NMP), ζηλῶ (V-IPA1··S).

It is glossed in 8 different ways: ‘are being_jealous’, ‘be being_zealous’, ‘having been_jealous’, ‘is being_jealous’, ‘to_be_being zealous’, ‘I am being_jealous’, ‘they are being_zealous’, ‘you_all may_be being_zealous’.

Have 11 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘zēloō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Acts 7:9 ζηλώσαντες (zaʸlōsantes) PAA·NMP ‘and the patriarchs having been_jealous of Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) gave_back him into’ SR GNT Acts 7:9 word 4

OET-LV: 9 And the patriarchs having _been _jealous the of _Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), gave _back him into Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), but the god was with him, (ACT_7:9)

OET-RV: 9 Those brothers went on to become jealous of Yosef and sent him back into Egypt as a slave, but God was with him (ACT 7:9)

Acts 17:5 ζηλώσαντες (zaʸlōsantes) PAA·NMP ‘having been_jealous but the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Acts 17:5 word 1

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_17:5)

OET-RV: 5 But some of the other 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 Paul and Silas so they could bring them out, arrived at the house of a man named Jason. (ACT 17:5)

1 Cor 12:31 ζηλοῦτε (zaʸloute) MPA2··P ‘be being_zealous but for the gifts’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:31 word 1

OET-LV: 31 But be _being _zealous for _the gifts the greater. And still by an_excellent way, to _you _all I _am _showing. (CO1_12:31)

OET-RV: 31 But strive for the better gifts.
¶ And now I’ll demonstrate a better way to you all: (CO1 12:31)

1 Cor 13:4 ζηλοῖ (zaʸloi) IPA3··S ‘is being_kind love not is being_jealous love not is bragging’ SR GNT 1 Cor 13:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 The love is _being _patient, is _being _kind, the love not is _being _jealous, the love not is _bragging, not is _being _arrogant, (CO1_13:4)

OET-RV: 4 Love is patient and kind. It doesn’t envy others, it doesn’t boast, and it isn’t arrogant. (CO1 13:4)

1 Cor 14:1 ζηλοῦτε (zaʸloute) MPA2··P ‘be pursuing love be being_zealous and for spiritual matters more’ SR GNT 1 Cor 14:1 word 4

OET-LV: 14 Be _pursuing the love, and be _being _zealous the for _spiritual matters, but more that you _all _may _be _prophesying. (CO1_14:1)

OET-RV: 14 Aim to show love, and eagerly strive for spiritual things—especially the ability to prophesy, (CO1 14:1)

1 Cor 14:39 ζηλοῦτε (zaʸloute) MPA2··P ‘so_as brothers be being_zealous to_be prophesying and to_be speaking’ SR GNT 1 Cor 14:39 word 4

OET-LV: 39 So _as, brothers, be _being _zealous which to _be _prophesying, and which to _be _speaking not be _forbidding with with _tongues. (CO1_14:39)

OET-RV: 39 So brothers and sisters, strive to be able to prophesy, and don’t forbid the speaking of other languages, (CO1 14:39)

2 Cor 11:2 ζηλῶ (zaʸlō) IPA1··S ‘I am being_jealous for for you_all of god’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 For/Because I _am _being _jealous for _you _all of_god with_the_jealousy, because/for I _joined you _all to _one husband, a_virgin pure to _present to _the chosen _one /messiah. (CO2_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 because I’m jealous of you all with godly jealousy as I had committed you to your future husband—a pure bride to present to the messiah. (CO2 11:2)

Gal 4:17 Ζηλοῦσιν (Zaʸlousin) IPA3··P ‘they are being_zealous for you_all not rightly’ SR GNT Gal 4:17 word 1

OET-LV: 17 They _are _being _zealous for _you _all not rightly, but they _are _willing to _exclude you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _be _being _zealous for _them. (GAL_4:17)

OET-RV: 17 Those others have worked hard to try to win you over, but not for good reasons—they want to cut you off so that you’ll be enthusiastic about them. (GAL 4:17)

Gal 4:17 ζηλοῦτε (zaʸloute) IPA2··P ‘they are willing in_order_that for them you_all may_be being_zealous’ SR GNT Gal 4:17 word 11

OET-LV: 17 They _are _being _zealous for _you _all not rightly, but they _are _willing to _exclude you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _be _being _zealous for _them. (GAL_4:17)

OET-RV: 17 Those others have worked hard to try to win you over, but not for good reasons—they want to cut you off so that you’ll be enthusiastic about them. (GAL 4:17)

Gal 4:18 ζηλοῦσθαι (zaʸlousthai) NPP···· ‘good it_is but to_be_being zealous in a good thing always’ SR GNT Gal 4:18 word 4

OET-LV: 18 But it _is good to _be _being _zealous in a_good thing always, and not only in the time me to _be _being _present with you _all. (GAL_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 It’s good to be enthusiastic about things that are always good, and not only at the times when I’m with you, brothers and sisters. (GAL 4:18)

Yac (Jam) 4:2 ζηλοῦτε (zaʸloute) IPA2··P ‘you_all are having you_all are murdering and are being_jealous and not you_all are being_able’ SR GNT Yac 4:2 word 7

OET-LV: 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, (JAM_4:2)

OET-RV: 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, (JAM 4:2)

Other possible lexically-related lemmas

Greek root word (lemma) ‘parazēloō’ with prefix=‘para’

Have 4 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘parazēloō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Rom 10:19 παραζηλώσω (parazaʸlōsō) IFA1··S ‘Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) is saying I will_be making_jealous you_all by those not’ SR GNT Rom 10:19 word 12

OET-LV: 19 But I _am _asking, not Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) not knew? First Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) is _saying: I will _be _making _jealous you _all, by those not a_nation, by a_nation unintelligent, I _will _be _angering you _all. (ROM_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 But again I’d ask: Didn’t the Israelis know? Well, firstly Mosheh wrote:
⇔ ‘I’ll be making you all jealous
⇔ using people who are not even a nation.
⇔ Then using a foolish nation,
⇔ I’ll be making you all angry.’ (ROM 10:19)

Rom 11:11 παραζηλῶσαι (parazaʸlōsai) NAA···· ‘pagans in_order that to make_jealous them’ SR GNT Rom 11:11 word 19

OET-LV: 11 Therefore I _am _asking not they _stumbled, in _order _that they _may _fall? Never it _might _become. But in _the of _them transgression, the salvation is to _the pagans, in _order that to _make _jealous them. (ROM_11:11)

OET-RV: 11 So now I ask: didn’t they stumble so that they would fall? May it never be. But because of their disobedience, salvation came to non-Jews in order to make Jews envious. (ROM 11:11)

Rom 11:14 παραζηλώσω (parazaʸlōsō) SAA1··S ‘somehow I may make_jealous of me the flesh’ SR GNT Rom 11:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 if somehow I _may _make _jealous of _me the flesh, and I _may _save some from them. (ROM_11:14)

OET-RV: 14 hoping that somehow I might make my fellow Jews envious and might save some of them. (ROM 11:14)

1 Cor 10:22 παραζηλοῦμεν (parazaʸloumen) IPA1··P ‘or we are making_jealous the master not’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:22 word 2

OET-LV: 22 Or we _are _making _jealous the master? Not stronger than he we _are? (CO1_10:22)

OET-RV: 22 Or are we trying to make Yahweh envious? No, he’s more powerful than us. (CO1 10:22)

Lemmas with similar glosses to ‘ζηλόω’ (zēloō)

Have 1 use of Greek root word (lemma) ‘zēleuō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Rev 3:19 ζήλευε (zaʸleue) MPA2··S ‘I am rebuking and I am disciplining be being_zealous therefore and repent’ SR GNT Rev 3:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 I as _many _as if may _be _loving, I _am _rebuking and I _am _disciplining, therefore be _being _zealous and repent. (REV_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 I tell off and discipline those that I love, so be earnest and turn away from your disobedience. (REV 3:19)

Key: V=verb