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ζῆλος, -ου, ὁ and -ους, τό
Noun (Mas. 2nd Decl. and Neu. 3rd Decl.)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940) ζῆλος
Trench's Synonyms of the New Testament (1880) §xxvi. ζῆλος, φθόνος
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The neuter form of ζῆλος occurs only twice. It is differentiated from the masculine form in 2 Corinthians 9:2 by the neuter article:
...καὶ { ὁ ἐξ ♦ τὸ } ὑμῶν ζῆλος ( nom) ἠρέθισεν τοὺς πλείονας.
And in Philippians 3:6 by κατὰ , which identifies it as an accusative, and therefore not masculine nominative:
κατὰ { ζῆλον ♦ ζῆλος ( acc) }....
Occurrences in the GNT
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) ζηλοῖ ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·οι; ζηλ(ο)·ει, ζηλ(ο)·ῃ, ζηλ(ο)·οι (mas) nom|voc pl; pres act ind 3rd sg or pres mp ind 2nd sg classical, pres mp ind 2nd sg or pres act sub 3rd sg or pres mp sub 2nd sg, pres act opt 3rd sg zeal/emulations (nom|voc); he/she/it-is-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-are-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed, you(sg)-are-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed (classical), he/she/it-should-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-should-be-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed, he/she/it-happens-to-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing (opt) 1Cor 13:4 ζῆλοι ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·οι; ζηλ(ο)·ει, ζηλ(ο)·ῃ, ζηλ(ο)·οι (mas) nom|voc pl; pres act ind 3rd sg or pres mp ind 2nd sg classical, pres mp ind 2nd sg or pres act sub 3rd sg or pres mp sub 2nd sg, pres act opt 3rd sg zeal/emulations (nom|voc); he/she/it-is-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-are-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed, you(sg)-are-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed (classical), he/she/it-should-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-should-be-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed, he/she/it-happens-to-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing (opt) 2Cor 12:20 , Gal 5:20 ζῆλον ζῆλος ζηλ·ον (mas) acc sg zeal/emulation (acc) Rom 10:2 , 2Cor 7:7 , 2Cor 7:11 , Phil 3:6 , Col 4:13 , Jas 3:14 ζῆλος ζῆλος ζηλ·ος, ζηλ(ο)·ς (mas) nom sg, (neu) nom|acc|voc sg zeal/emulation (nom, nom|acc|voc) Jn 2:17 , 1Cor 3:3 , 2Cor 9:2 , 2Cor 12:20 , Gal 5:20 , Phil 3:6 , Heb 10:27 , Jas 3:16 ζήλου ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·ου; ζηλ(ο)·ε, ζηλ(ο)·ου (mas) gen sg; pres act imp 2nd sg, pres mp imp 2nd sg zeal/emulation (gen); be-you(sg)-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing!, be-you(sg)-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed! Acts 5:17 , Acts 13:45 ζήλῳ ζῆλος ζηλ·ῳ (mas) dat sg zeal/emulation (dat) Rom 13:13 , 2Cor 11:2
Inflections: 6 Total occurrences: 22
Occurrences in the LXX
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) ζήλει ζῆλος ζηλ(ε)·ι (neu) dat sg zeal/emulation (dat) PsSol 2:24 , PsSol 4:3 ζηλοῖς ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·οις; ζηλ(ο)·εις, ζηλ(ο)·ῃς, ζηλ(ο)·οις (mas) dat pl; pres act ind 2nd sg, pres act sub 2nd sg, pres act opt 2nd sg zeal/emulations (dat); you(sg)-are-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-should-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing, you(sg)-happen-to-be-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing (opt) Nm 11:29 ζῆλον ζῆλος ζηλ·ον (mas) acc sg zeal/emulation (acc) Nm 25:11 , 1Mc 2:54 , 1Mc 2:58 , Wsd 5:17 , Zec 1:14 , Zec 8:2 , Is 42:13 ζῆλόν ζῆλος ζηλ·ον (mas) acc sg zeal/emulation (acc) Jdt 9:4 , Ez 23:25 ζῆλος ζῆλος ζηλ·ος, ζηλ(ο)·ς (mas) nom sg, (neu) nom|acc|voc sg zeal/emulation (nom, nom|acc|voc) Dt 29:19 , 4Kgs 19:31 , 1Mc 8:16 , Ps 68:10 , Ps 118:139 , Ode 5:11 , Prv 27:4 , Qoh 4:4 , Qoh 9:6 , Cant 8:6 , Jb 5:2 , Sir 30:24 , Sir 40:4 , Is 9:6 , Is 11:13 , Is 26:11 , Is 37:32 ζῆλός ζῆλος ζηλ·ος, ζηλ(ο)·ς (mas) nom sg, (neu) nom|acc|voc sg zeal/emulation (nom, nom|acc|voc) Ps 78:5 , Is 63:15 , Ez 16:42 , Ez 38:19 ζήλου ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·ου; ζηλ(ο)·ε, ζηλ(ο)·ου (mas) gen sg; pres act imp 2nd sg, pres mp imp 2nd sg zeal/emulation (gen); be-you(sg)-ZEAL/EMULATE-ing!, be-you(sg)-being-ZEAL/EMULATE-ed! Ps 36:1 , Prv 6:34 , Prv 24:19 , Sir 9:1 , Ez 16:38 ζήλους ζῆλος ζηλ·ους, ζηλ(ε)·ος (mas) acc pl, (neu) gen sg zeal/emulations (acc), zeal/emulation (gen) Zep 1:18 , Zep 3:8 ζήλῳ ζῆλος ζηλ·ῳ (mas) dat sg zeal/emulation (dat) Nm 25:11 , Sir 48:2 , Ez 5:13 , Ez 36:6 ζηλῶν ζῆλος or ζηλόω ζηλ·ων, ζηλ(ε)·ων; ζηλ(ο)·ο[υ]ν[τ]·^ (mas) gen pl, (neu) gen pl; pres act ptcp mas nom sg zeal/emulations (gen); while ZEAL/EMULATE-ing (nom) 3Kgs 19:10 , 3Kgs 19:14 , 1Mc 2:27
Inflections: 10 Total occurrences: 47
ζῆλος, -ου, ὁ and -ους, τό zeal/emulation (n.) [rivalry, envy, jealousy] desire to be equal of excel, pride ζηλωτής, -οῦ, ὁ zealot/fanatic (n.) παρα+ζηλόω to provoke-to-jealousy (v.) Lit:make-close-to-jealous, hence provoke-to-jealousy ζηλόω to zeal/emulate (v.) [in good sense: eager rivalry, emulation, ambition. in bad sense: antagonism, jealousy, envy. compare φθόνος]