ζηλόω

zhlovw zhlovw,
zhvlw/; 1 aorist
ejzhvlwsa; present passive infinitive
zhlou'sqai; (
zh'lo", which see); the Septuagint for aNEqi; to burn with zeal;1. absolutely, to be heated or to boil (A. V. to be moved) with envy, hatred, anger: ; (where Griesbach omits
zhlwvsante"); ; ; in a good sense, to be zealous in the pursuit of good, R G Tr marginal reading (the aorist
zhvlwson marks the entrance into the mental state, see
basileuvw, at the end;
ejzhlwse, he was seized with indignation, ).2. transitive,
tiv, to desire earnestly, pursue: ; , , (; Thucydides 2, 37; Euripides, Hec. 255; Demosthenes 500, 2; others);
ma'llon
dev, namely,
zhlou'te, followed by
i{na, (Buttmann, 237 (205); cf. Winer's Grammar, 577 (537)).
tina, a. to desire one earnestly, to strive after, busy oneself about him: to exert oneself for one (that he may not be torn from me), ; to seek to draw over to one's side, (cf.
i{na, II. 1 d.); to court one's good will and favor, ; ; ()1; so in the passive to be the object of the zeal of others, to be zealously sought after: (here Tr marginal reading
zhlousqe, but cf. WH. Introductory sec. 404). b. to envy one: ; ; ; Hesiod app. 310; Homer Cer. 168, 223; and in the same sense, according to some interpretations, in ; but there is no objection to considering
zhlwvsante" here as used absolutely (see 1 above (so A. V. (not R. V.))) and
tovn
!Iwshvf as depending on the verb
ajpevdonto alone. (Compare:
parazhlovw.)*