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And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Read in context →For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Read in context →4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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qinʼâh · kin-aw'
jealousy or envy
Strong's KJV usage: envy(-ied), jealousy, × sake, zeal.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 10:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 5:13
Open full H7068 profile →zēlos · dzay'-los
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
Strong's KJV usage: :--emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.
Strong's first: John 2:17Strong's last: Colossians 4:13
Open full G2205 profile →qânâʼ · kaw-naw'
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Strong's KJV usage: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), × very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 21:2Strong's last: 2 Samuel 21:2
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Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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ZEAL, noun [Gr., Latin ] Passionate ardor in the pursuit of any thing. In general, zeal is an eagerness of desire to accomplish or obtain some object, and it may be manifested either in favor of any person or thing, or in opposition to it, and in a good or bad cause.
ZEAL, the blind conductor of the will.
They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Romans 10:2.
A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert, with little care what shall be established.
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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