Jealousy Jealous
Jealousy Jealous [1]
"zeal, jealousy," is rendered "jealousy" in the Rv (Av, "envying") in Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 3:3; James 3:14,16; in 2 Corinthians 12:20 (Av, "envyings"); in Galatians 5:20 , Rv "jealousies" (Av, "emulations"); in Acts 5:17 (Av, "indignation"); in Acts 13:45 (Av, "envy"); in 2 Corinthians 11:2 it is used in the phrase "with a godly jealousy," lit., "with a jealousy of God" (Rv, marg.). See Envy.
akin to A, "to be jealous, to burn with jealousy" (otherwise, to seek or desire eagerly), is rendered "moved with jealousy," in Acts 7:9; 17:5 , Rv (Av, "moved with envy"); in 1 Corinthians 13:4 , "envieth (not)," Av and Rv; in James 4:2 , Rv marg., "are jealous" (text "covet;" Av, "desire to have"). See Affect , Note, Desire.
"to provoke to jealousy" (para, "beside," used intensively, and No. 1), is found in Romans 10:19; 11:11 , of God's dealings with Israel through his merciful dealings with Gentiles; in Romans 11:14 , Rv, "I may provoke to jealousy" (Av, "... emulation") of the Apostle's evangelical ministry to Gentiles with a view to stirring his fellow nationals to a sense of their need and responsibilities regarding the Gospel; in 1 Corinthians 10:22 , of the provocation of God on the part of believers who compromise their Divine relationship by partaking of the table of demons; in Galatians 5:20 , of the works of the flesh.