Word study · lex.G2205
ζῆλος zēlos
zeal · jealousy
Team definition
Strong feeling directed toward a person or cause: zeal or eagerness, and also jealousy or rivalry. With a genitive of the object it names what the zeal is for. In Rom 10:2 ζῆλον θεοῦ ἔχουσιν is zeal for God. The jealousy sense appears elsewhere (Rom 13:13). The noun is usually masculine; a neuter form occurs in later Greek.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 16
John 2:17Acts 5:17Acts 13:45Rom 10:2Rom 13:131 Cor 3:32 Cor 7:72 Cor 7:112 Cor 9:22 Cor 11:22 Cor 12:20Gal 5:20Phil 3:6Heb 10:27Jas 3:14Jas 3:16
Senses
1. zeal, eagerness Rom 10:2, Phil 3:6, 2 Cor 7:11
2. jealousy, rivalry Rom 13:13, 1 Cor 3:3, Jas 3:14
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ζῆλος (G2205)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G2205
🔒︎ Thayer CC0 1.0 s.v. ζῆλος (G2205)
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
ζῆλον θεοῦ … οὐ κατʼ ἐπίγνωσιν … τέλος νόμου (10:1–4) Rom 10:1; Rom 10:2; Rom 10:3; Rom 10:4