ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΩΣΑΙ, παραζηλωσαι
PARAZĒLŌSAI, parazēlōsai
Sounds Like: pa-ra-zay-LOH-sai
Translations: to provoke to jealousy, to make jealous, to stir to jealousy
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'alongside' or 'beyond', and 'ζηλόω' (zēloō), meaning 'to be zealous' or 'to envy'. Together, it means to provoke someone to jealousy or to stir up their zeal, often in a negative sense of rivalry or envy. It describes the act of causing another person to feel jealousy or intense rivalry.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3863 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Romans — 11:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 11:11
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
- ΠΑΡΑΖΗΛΟΩ — to provoke to jealousy, to provoke to envy, to provoke to anger, to make jealous, to make envious
- 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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