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ζέω

zéō · G2204 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to show enthusiasm, to commit oneself completely to

    (An idiom, literally: to boil in the spirit) To show great eagerness toward something

    Examples

    Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

    Romans 12:11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 1 entry
To show enthusiasm, to commit oneself completely to25.73
In Romans 12:11, Paul urges believers, “not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,” using this verb for wholehearted, enthusiastic devotion.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ζέωzéō · G2204ζῆλος zēlos · G2205 · devotion to, earnest concern, envy · 16×ζηλόω zēlóō · G2206 · to be earnest, to set one’s heart on, to be completely intent upon · 12×ζηλωτής zēlōtḗs · G2207 · a "zealot" · 8×παραζηλόω parazēlóō · G3863 · to make jealous, to cause to be envious · 4×ζεστός zestós · G2200 · hot · 3×Ζηλωτής Zēlōtḗs · G2208 · enthusiast, zealous person, zealot · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon to boil with heat, be hot; often in Greek writings; thus of water, Homer, Iliad 18, 349;…
to boil with heat, be hot; often in Greek writings; thus of water, Homer, Iliad 18, 349; 21, 362 (365); metaphorically, used of 'boiling' anger, love, zeal for what is good or bad, etc. (Tragg., Plato, Plutarch, others); ζέων (on this uncontracted form cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. (or his School Gram. (Robinson's translation)) § 105 N. 2, i., p. 481; Matthiae, i., p. 151; (Hadley § 371 b.)) τῷ πνεύματι, fervent in spirit, said of zeal for what is good, Acts 18:25; Rom 12:11; cf. especially Rückert and Fritzsche on Romans, the passage cited

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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