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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