Definition

properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)

Etymology

from G2204 (ζέω);

Word family

• ζέω zéō

How the KJV renders it

• emulation
• envy(-ing)
• fervent mind
• indignation
• jealousy
• zeal

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.