ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΩ, παραζηλοω
PARAZĒLOŌ, parazēloō
Sounds Like: pa-ra-ZAY-loh-oh
Translations: to provoke to jealousy, to provoke to envy, to provoke to anger, to make jealous, to make envious
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to stir up strong feelings, specifically jealousy, envy, or anger, in another person. It implies an action that incites a competitive or resentful response. It is a compound word formed from 'para' (beside, alongside) and 'zeloo' (to be zealous, to envy).
Inflection: This is the infinitive form of the verb. It inflects for tense, voice, mood, person, and number.
Strong’s number: G3863 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΥ — do not envy, do not be jealous, do not provoke to jealousy, do not provoke to anger
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΥΜΕΝ — we provoke to jealousy, we provoke to anger, we emulate, we strive to excel
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΩΣΑΙ — to provoke to jealousy, to make jealous, to stir to jealousy
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΩΣΑΤΕ — provoke to jealousy, make jealous, stir up to rivalry
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΩΣΕΙ — will provoke to jealousy, will make jealous, will stir to rivalry
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΩΣΩ — I will provoke to jealousy, I will make jealous, I will stir to envy
- ΠΑΡΕΖΗΛΩΣΑΝ — they provoked to jealousy, they made jealous, they stirred to rivalry
- ΠΑΡΕΖΗΛΩΣΕΝ — provoked to jealousy, provoked to anger, emulated
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