Word Study · Strong's G2205 · Greek
ζῆλος
zelos
dzay'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: zēlos
“properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.
- 16occurrencesin the New Testament
- 9 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- ζῆλος6
- ζῆλον3
- ζῆλος,2
- ζήλου2
- ζήλῳ·2
- ζῆλον,1
How it is rendered · 8
- zeal5
- jealousy3
- jealousy,2
- with jealousy2
- fury1
- in jealousy;1
- with [the] jealousy;1
- zeal,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 6
- N-ASM · 4
- N-DSM · 2
- N-GSM · 2
- N-ASN · 1
- N-NSN · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Corinthians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 5:17ζήλουzēlounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThen the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went outhere: with jealousy
- Acts 13:45ζήλουzēlounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularBut when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.here: with jealousy
Romans2 occurrences
- Romans 10:2ζῆλονzēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularFor I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.here: zeal
- Romans 13:13ζήλῳ·zēlōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularLet us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.here: in jealousy;
2 Corinthians5 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 7:7ζῆλονzēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularand not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.here: zeal
- 2 Corinthians 7:11ζῆλον,zēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularConsider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.here: zeal,
- 2 Corinthians 9:2ζῆλοςzēlosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularFor I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.here: zeal
- 2 Corinthians 11:2ζήλῳ·zēlōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularI am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.here: with [the] jealousy;
- 2 Corinthians 12:20ζῆλος,zēlosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFor I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.here: jealousy,
Galatians1 occurrence
Philippians1 occurrence
James2 occurrences
- James 3:14ζῆλονzēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.here: jealousy
- James 3:16ζῆλοςzēlosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFor where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.here: jealousy