ΖΕΟΝ, ζεον
ZEON, zeon
Sounds Like: ZEH-on
Translations: boiling, hot, fervent, zealous, a boiling, a hot, a fervent, a zealous
From the root: ΖΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'zeō', meaning 'to boil' or 'to be hot'. It is often used metaphorically to describe a fervent or zealous state, indicating intense passion, enthusiasm, or eagerness. It can describe a person who is 'on fire' with conviction or emotion, or an action performed with great intensity.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G2204 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:140
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΖΕΣΕΝ — it boiled, it was boiling, it was fervent
- ἘΠΩΖΕΣΕΝ — it stank, it became putrid, it became foul, it rotted, it fermented
- ΕΠΩΖΕΣΕΝ — he boiled, she boiled, it boiled, he was hot, she was hot, it was hot, he fermented, she fermented, it fermented
- ΖΕΙ — boils, is hot, ferments, is fervent, is zealous
- ΖΕΟΝΤΑΣ — boiling, being fervent, fervent, eager, zealous
- ΖΕΟΝΤΕΣ — boiling, fervent, burning, zealous
- ΖΕΟΝΤΟΣ — of boiling, of being hot, of being fervent, of being zealous
- ΖΕΟΥΣΙ — (to) boiling, (to) fervent, (to) hot
- ΖΕΩ — to boil, to be hot, to be fervent, to be zealous
- ΖΕΩΝ — boiling, fervent, zealous, burning
- ΩΖΕΣΕΝ — it stank, it became putrid, it boiled, it fermented
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