Strong's Number 2206

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

zeloo {dzay-lo'-o}

Word Origin:

from 2205

TDNT:

2:882,297

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

zealously affect 2, more with envy 2, envy 1, be zealous 1, affect 1, desire 1, covet 1, covet earnestly 1, misc 2

Total: 12

Definition:

to burn with zeal
1. to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger
  1. in a good sense, to be zealous in the pursuit of good
2. to desire earnestly, pursue
  1. to desire one earnestly, to strive after, busy one's self about him
  2. to exert one's self for one (that he may not be torn from me)
  3. to be the object of the zeal of others, to be zealously sought after
3. to envy