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Name of God’s Son

ΗΛΟΥΣ, ηλους

ĒLOUS, ēlous

Sounds Like: ZAY-looss

Translations: of zeal, of jealousy, of envy, of passion, of fervor

From the root: ΖΗΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'ζῆλος' (zēlos). It refers to an intense emotion, which can be positive like zeal or fervor, or negative like jealousy or envy. In a sentence, it would indicate possession or origin, such as 'the fire of zeal' or 'because of jealousy'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2205 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 97:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΗΛΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΖΗΛΕΙ — (in) zeal, (in) jealousy, (in) envy, (in) passion
  • ΖΗΛΗ — zeal, a zeal, jealousy, a jealousy, envy, an envy, fervent love, a fervent love
  • ΖΗΛΟ — (to) zeal, (to) jealousy, (to) envy, (to) indignation, (to) passion
  • ΖΗΛΟΝ — zeal, a zeal, jealousy, a jealousy, envy, an envy, fervent mind, a fervent mind
  • ΖΗΛΟΣ — zeal, jealousy, envy, indignation, a zeal, a jealousy, an envy, an indignation
  • ΖΗΛΟΥ — of zeal, of jealousy, of envy, of fervent indignation, of passion
  • ΖΗΛΟΥΣ — of zeal, of jealousy, of envy, of indignation, of ardor
  • ΖΗΛΩΣΙ — zeal, jealousy, envy, indignation, rivalry, a zeal

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