Romans 11:14
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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Emulation
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Romans 11:14
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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παραζηλόω
parazēlóō · par-ad-zay-lo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to stimulate alongside, i.e. excite to rivalry
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke to emulation (jealousy).
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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emulation
EMULA'TION, noun The act of attempting to equal or excel in qualities or actions; rivalry; desire of superiority, attended with effort to attain to it; generally in a good sense, or an attempt to equal or excel others in that which is praise-worthy, without the desire of depressing others. Romans 11:14. In a bad sense, a striving to equal or do more than others to obtain carnal favors or honors. Val.5.
1. An ardor kindled by the praise-worthy examples of others, inciting to imitate them, or to equal or excel them.
A noble emulation heats your breast.
2. Contest; contention; strife; competition; rivalry accompanied with a desire of depressing another.
Such factious emulations shall arise.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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