ζῆλος

zh'lo" zh'lo",
zhvlou,
oJ, and (in L T Tr WH; ( T Tr WH))
tov
zh'lo" (Ignatius ad Trall. 4;
diav
zh'lo", Clement of Rome, , ("in Clement of Rome, sections 3, 4, 5, 6 the masculine and neuter seem to be interchanged without any law" (Lightfoot). For facts see especially Clement of Rome, edition 2 Hilgenfeld (1876), p. 7; cf. Wit. Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, sec. 9, N. 2; Buttmann, 23 (20)); (from
zevw (Curtius, sec. 567; Vanicek, p. 757)); the Septuagint for ha;n?qi; excitement of mind, ardor, fervor of spirit;1. zeal, ardor in embracing, pursuing, defending anything: ; ;
katav
zh'lo", as respects zeal (in maintaining religion), ; with the genitive of the object, zeal in behalf of, for a person or thing, from (); (; Sophocles O. C. 943);
uJpevr
tivno", genitive of person, ; Rec. with subject. genitive
zhvlw/
Qeou', with a jealousy such as God has, hence, most pure and solicitous for their salvation, ; the fierceness of indignation, punitive zeal,
purov" (of penal fire, which is personified (see
pu'r, at the end)), (; Sap. ).2. an envious and contentious rivalry, jealousy: ; ; ,;
ejplhvsqhsan
zhvlou, ; ; plural
zh'loi, now the stirrings or motions of
zh'lo", now its outbursts and manifestations: ; ; but in both passages L T Tr (WH, yet in Galatians, the passage cited WH only in text) have adopted
zh'lo" (
zh'loi
tev
kaiv
fqovnoi, Plato, legg. 3, p. 679 c.). (On the distinction between
zh'lo" (which may be used in a good sense) and
fqovno" (used only in a bad sense) cf. Trench, Synonyms, sec. xxvi.; Cope on Aristotle, rhet. 2, 11,