verb
zēleuamō
Strong’sG2206
I am jealous, eager for
stem zēleu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ζηλεύω,
late and rare form of ζηλόω, q.v.;
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2206 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzay-lo'-o
to have warmth of feeling for or against
Fromfrom G2205;
King Jamesaffect, covet (earnestly), (have) desire, (move with) envy, be jealous over, (be) zealous(-ly affect).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ζῆλος):
I with accusative person, vie with, emulate, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; in bad sense, to be jealous of, envy, ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων LXX+8th c.BC+: absolutely, to be jealous, NTthrough jealousy, NT
b with accusative person, to be jealous for, LXX
2 esteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise, τινά τινος one for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: more rarely, ζ. τινά τι Refs 5th c.BC+; ζ. σε ὁθούνεκα.. Refs 4th c.BC+; τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλά σε ζηλῶ βίου, μάλιστα δ᾽ εἰ.. Refs 5th c.BC+: with participle, σε ζ. θανόντα πρὶν κακῶν ἰδεῖν βάθος Refs 5th c.BC+ happy in your ignorance! Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be deemed fortunate, ὑπό τινων Refs 5th c.BC+
II with accusative of things, desire emulously, strive after, affect, ὁ μὲν δόξης ἐπιθυμεῖ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐζήλωκε Refs 4th c.BC+; πίστιν Refs:—passive, ἡ ἀρετὴ ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζηλοῦται Refs 5th c.BC+
III also of persons, pay zealous court to, NTpassive Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| zēleuasōrζήλευε | happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular | zealous | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | zēleuamō | zēleuame | zēleuami | zēleuama | zēleuamē | zēleuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | zēleuasō | zēleuase | zēleuasi | zēleuasa | zēleuasē | zēleuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | zēleuatō | zēleuate | zēleuati | zēleuata | zēleuatē | zēleuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | zēleuanō | zēleuane | zēleuani | zēleuana | zēleuanē | zēleuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | zēleuavō | zēleuave | zēleuavi | zēleuava | zēleuavē | zēleuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | zēleualō | zēleuale | zēleuali | zēleuala | zēleualē | zēleualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | zēleuameiō | zēleuameia | zēleuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | zēleuaseiō | zēleuaseia | zēleuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | zēleuateiō | zēleuateia | zēleuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | zēleuaneiō | zēleuaneia | zēleuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | zēleuaveiō | zēleuaveia | zēleuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | zēleualeiō | zēleualeia | zēleualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | zēleuasōr1×ζήλευε | zēleuasar | zēleuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | zēleuatōr | zēleuatar | zēleuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | zēleuavōr | zēleuavar | zēleuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | zēleualōr | zēleualar | zēleualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | zēleuamoiō | zēleuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | zēleuasoiō | zēleuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | zēleuatoiō | zēleuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | zēleuanoiō | zēleuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | zēleuavoiō | zēleuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | zēleualoiō | zēleualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | zēleuarō | zēleuari | zēleuara | zēleuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | zēleuarōntos | zēleuarintos | zēleuarantos | zēleuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
zēleu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
zēleuasōr“zealous”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular1×
Revelation 3:19“zealous”… hosoin ean filameiō elenchamō kai paideuamō; zēleuasōr oun kai metanoasar.Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.