G2205 – zelos – ζῆλος – emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal
- Strong’s ID:
- G2205
- Greek Word:
- ζῆλος
- Transliteration:
- zelos
- Pronunciation:
- dzay’-los
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine or neuter
- Usage Count:
- 17
- Search:
- Find “zelos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G2204; 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):—emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit
1a) zeal, ardour in embracing, pursuing, defending anything
1a1) zeal in behalf of, for a person or thing
1a2) the fierceness of indignation, punitive zeal
1b) an envious and contentious rivalry, jealousy
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.