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Koine Greek wordlink #123690

SR GNT 2 Cor 9:2 ζῆλος (zaʸlos) ‘and the of you_all zeal provoked more of_them’ Strongs=22050 Lemma=zēlos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ζῆλος (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζῆλος’ (N-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘zeal’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zēlos’ have 6 different glosses: ‘with the jealousy’, ‘with jealousy’, ‘fury’, ‘jealousies’, ‘jealousy’, ‘zeal’.

Greek words (5) other than ζῆλος (N-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘zeal’

YHN 2:17 ζῆλος (zaʸlos) N-NMS ‘having_been written it is the zeal of the house of you’ SR GNT Yhn 2:17 word 14

OET-LV: 17 the apprentices/followers of _him ˓Were˒_reminded that having _been _written it _is: The zeal of _the house of _you will _be _consuming me. (JHN_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 That reminded his followers of the scripture: “I’ll be filled with zeal for your temple.” (JHN 2:17)

ROM 10:2 ζῆλον (zaʸlon) N-AMS ‘for to them that zeal for god they are having but’ SR GNT Rom 10:2 word 5

OET-LV: 2 For/Because I _am _testifying to _them that zeal for_god they _are _having, but not according _to knowledge. (ROM_10:2)

OET-RV: 2 I keep telling them that they’re very zealous for God, yet they lack know-how. (ROM 10:2)

2 COR 7:7 ζῆλον (zaʸlon) N-AMS ‘mourning the of you_all zeal for me so_as’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:7 word 28

OET-LV: 7 not and only by the coming of _him, but also by the comfort with _which he _was _comforted in you _all, declaring to _us the of _you _all longing, the of _you _all mourning, the of _you _all zeal for me, so _as for _me more to _be _elated. (CO2_7:7)

OET-RV: 7 It wasn’t just his coming, but also because he’d been comforted by all of you. He told us about your longing for me, and your mourning for my troubles and your zeal for me, and it really cheered me up. (CO2 7:7)

2 COR 7:11 ζῆλον (zaʸlon) N-AMS ‘but what longing but what zeal but what vengeance in’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:11 word 27

OET-LV: 11 For/Because see same thing this which according _to god to _be _sorrowed, how _much it _produced in _you _all earnestness: but what defense, but what resentment, but what fear, but what longing, but what zeal, but what vengeance. In everything you _all _demonstrated yourselves pure to _be in _the matter. (CO2_7:11)

OET-RV: 11 See how this sorrow according to God’s values has produced earnestness in you all, but also eagerness to clear yourselves, resentment, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance. You have proved yourselves innocent in the matter in every area. (CO2 7:11)

PHP 3:6 ζῆλος (zaʸlos) N-ANS ‘according_to zeal persecuting the assembly’ SR GNT Php 3:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6 according _to zeal persecuting the assembly, according _to righteousness which is by the_law having _become blameless. (PHP_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 zealously persecuted assembled believers, and without fault in terms of obeying the law. (PHP 3:6)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular