Definition

to have warmth of feeling for or against

Etymology

from G2205 (ζῆλος);

Word family

• ζῆλος zēlos

How the KJV renders it

• affect
• covet (earnestly)
• (have) desire
• (move with) envy
• be jealous over
• (be) zealous(-ly affect)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.