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Greek Word Studies

The complete Strong's Greek Concordance. Study every word of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek with definitions, KJV translations, word origins, and related terms.

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The New Testament was written in Koine Greek, the common language of the first-century Roman Empire. The 27 books composed by the apostles and their associates employ approximately 5,500 unique Greek words, each carrying precise theological meaning. Strong's Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique reference number to every Hebrew and Greek word in the King James Bible, making it possible to trace each English translation back to its original language.

This index presents every Greek word in Strong's Concordance with its original script (lemma), transliteration, pronunciation guide, full definition, KJV translation variants, and etymological derivation. Whether you are a pastor preparing a sermon, a student working through a Greek exegesis assignment, or a believer who simply wants to understand what the apostle Paul actually wrote, these word studies provide direct access to the language of the New Testament.

Key Greek Words in the New Testament

These theologically significant words form the foundation of New Testament doctrine. Study each one to deepen your understanding of Scripture.

love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast

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persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthful...

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graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, f...

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expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence

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something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of disc...

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a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a...

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δικαιοσύνη

equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification

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μετάνοια

(subjectively) compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication, r...

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rescue or safety (physically or morally)

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glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objectiv...

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ἄγγελος

compare G34 (ἀγέλη)) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by ...

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figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very

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A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T X Z

A

843 words

the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:

Abihud, an Israelite

ἀδυνατέω

to be unable, i.e. (passively) impossible

ἀδύνατος

unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible

"ever," by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly

an eagle (from its wind-like flight)

unleavened, i.e. (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neutral plural) specially (by implication) the Passover week

Azor, an Israelite

Azotus (i.e. Ashdod), a place in Palestine

by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient)

Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch

ἀθανασία

ἀθέμιτος

from the base of G5087 (τίθημι)); illegal; by implication, flagitious

ἄθεσμος

lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal

to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate

ἀθέτησις

cancellation (literally or figuratively)

Athenæ, the capitol of Greece

Ἀθηναῖος

an Athenæan or inhabitant of Athenæ

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B

146 words

a throw (as a measure of distance)

to heave the lead

a missile, i.e. javelin

Booz, (i.e. Boaz), an Israelite

βόρβορος

βοῤῥᾶς

the north (properly, wind)

to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze

Bosor (i.e. Beor), a Moabite

herbage (as if for grazing)

a bunch (of grapes)

βουλευτής

an adviser, i.e. (specially) a councillor or member of the Jewish Sanhedrin

to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve

volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose

βούλομαι

to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing

an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef")

βραβεῖον

an award (of arbitration), i.e. (specially) a prize in the public games

to arbitrate, i.e. (genitive case) to govern (figuratively, prevail)

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C

104 words

to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well

to lower (as into a void)

Χαλδαῖος

a Chaldæan (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates

difficult, i.e. dangerous, or (by implication) furious

χαλιναγωγέω

chalinagōgéō

to be a bit-leader, i.e. to curb (figuratively)

a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)

a copper-worker or brazier

χαλκηδών

copper-like, i.e. "chalcedony"

χαλκολίβανον

burnished copper, an alloy of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre

copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)

earthward, i.e. prostrate

Chanaan (i.e. Kenaan), the early name of Palestine

Χανααναῖος

a Chanaanæan (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine

cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight

a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue)

χαρακτήρ

a graver (the tool or the person), i.e. (by implication) engraving (("character"), the figure stamped, i.e. an exact copy or (figuratively) representation)

akin to G1125 (γράφω) through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)

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D

298 words

Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king

δαιμονίζομαι

to be exercised by a dæmon

δαιμόνιον

a dæmonic being; by extension a deity

δαιμονιώδης

a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)

to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart

δακτύλιος

δάκτυλος

Δαλμανουθά

Dalmanutha, a place in Palestine

Δαλματία

Dalmatia, a region of Europe

a heifer (as tame)

perhaps gentle; Damaris, an Athenian woman

Δαμασκηνός

a Damascene or inhabitant of Damascus

Δαμασκός

Damascus, a city of Syria

to loan on interest; reflexively, to borrow

probably akin to the base of G1325 (δίδωμι); a loan

δανειστής

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E

709 words

properly, let it be, i.e. (as interjection) aha!

a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty

to let be, i.e. permit or leave alone

Eber, a patriarch

to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach

ἐγγράφω

to "engrave", i.e. inscribe

pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman

akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)

ἐγγύτερον

to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)

ἔγερσις

a resurgence (from death)

ἐγκάθετος

subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait

ἐγκαίνια

innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)

ἐγκαινίζω

to renew, i.e. inaugurate

ἐγκαλέω

to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)

ἐγκαταλείπω

to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert

ἐγκατοικέω

to settle down in a place, i.e. reside

ἐγκεντρίζω

to prick in, i.e. ingraft

ἔγκλημα

an accusation, i.e. offence alleged

ἐγκομβόομαι

to engirdle oneself (for labor), i.e. figuratively (the apron as being a badge of servitude) to wear (in token of mutual deference)

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G

96 words

the knoll; gabbatha, a vernacular term for the Roman tribunal in Jerusalem

Gabriel, an archangel

γάγγραινα

an ulcer ("gangrene")

Gad, a tribe of Israelites

Γαδαρηνός

a Gadarene or inhabitant of Gadara

Gazah (i.e. Azzah), a place in Palestine

γαζοφυλάκιον

a treasure-house, i.e. a court in the temple for the collection-boxes

Gaius (i.e. Caius), a Christian

milk (figuratively)

a Galatian or inhabitant of Galatia

Galatia, a region of Asia

Γαλατικός

Galatic or relating to Galatia

Γαλιλαία

Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine

Γαλιλαῖος

Galilean or belonging to Galilea

Gallion (i.e. Gallio), a Roman officer

Γαμαλιήλ

Gamaliel (i.e. Gamliel), an Israelite

to wed (of either sex)

to espouse (a daughter to a husband)

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H

401 words

ἁδρότης

plumpness, i.e. (figuratively) liberality

blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred

αἱματεκχυσία

haimatekchysía

an effusion of blood

αἱμοῤῥέω

to flow blood, i.e. have a hæmorrhage

αἱρέομαι

to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer

αἵρεσις

properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion

αἱρετίζω

to make a choice

αἱρετικός

him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.

ἑβδομήκοντα

ἑβδομηκοντάκις

hebdomēkontákis

ἕβδομος

Ἑβραϊκός

Hebraic or the Jewish language

Ἑβραῖος

a Hebræan (i.e. Hebrew) or Jew

the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language

Ἑβραϊστί

Hebraistically or in the Jewish (Chaldee) language

ἑδραῖος

sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable

ἑδραίωμα

a support, i.e. (figuratively) basis

εἱλίσσω

to coil or wrap

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I

80 words

Ἰάειρος

Jairus (i.e. Jair), an Israelite

Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites

Ἰάκωβος

Jacobus, the name of three Israelites

a cure (the effect)

Ἰαμβρῆς

Jambres, an Egyptian

Janna, an Israelite

Jannes, an Egyptian

to cure (literally or figuratively)

Jared (i.e. Jered), an antediluvian

curing (the act)

"jasper", a gem

about to cure; Jason, a Christian

used as an interjection to denote surprise; lo!

a sight (comparative figuratively "idea"), i.e. aspect

pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate

ἰδιώτης

a private person, i.e. (by implication) an ignoramus (compare "idiot")

used as imperative lo!;

Ἰδουμαία

Idumæa (i.e. Edom), a region East (and South) of Palestine

Ἰεζαβήλ

Jezabel (i.e. Jezebel), a Tyrian woman (used as a synonym of a termagant or false teacher)

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K

470 words

so also the dative case , and accusative case and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me

according to which things, i.e. just as

καθαίρεσις

demolition; figuratively, extinction

καθαιρέω

to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)

to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate

καθαρίζω

to cleanse (literally or figuratively)

καθαρισμός

a washing off, i.e. (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation

clean (literally or figuratively)

καθαρότης

cleanness (ceremonially)

a bench (literally or figuratively)

καθέζομαι

καθεξῆς

thereafter, i.e. consecutively; as a noun (by ellipsis of noun) a subsequent person or time

to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)

καθηγητής

a guide, i.e. (figuratively) a teacher

to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming

and (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside

καθημερινός

to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)

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L

117 words

to lot, i.e. determine (by implication, receive) especially by lot

Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)

a whirlwind (squall)

to recalcitrate

to talk, i.e. utter words

lama (i.e. why)

while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))

Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch

a "lamp" or flambeau

radiant; by analogy, limpid; figuratively, magnificent or sumptuous (in appearance)

λαμπρότης

λαμπρῶς

brilliantly, i.e. figuratively, luxuriously

to beam, i.e. radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

to lie hid (literally or figuratively); often used adverbially, unwittingly

λαξευτός

a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace)

Λαοδίκεια

Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor

Λαοδικεύς

a Laodicean, i.e. inhabitant of Laodicia

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M

281 words

Maath, an Israelite

the tower; Magdala (i.e. Migdala), a place in Palestine

Μαγδαληνή

a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala

to practice magic

a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician

Magog, a foreign nation, i.e. (figuratively) an Antichristian party

Madian (i.e. Midian), a region of Arabia

μαθητεύω

intransitively, to become a pupil; transitively, to disciple, i.e. enrol as scholar

a learner, i.e. pupil

μαθήτρια

Μαθουσάλα

Mathusala (i.e. Methushelach), an antediluvian

Mainan, an Israelite

μαίνομαι

through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a "maniac"

μακαρίζω

to beatify, i.e. pronounce (or esteem) fortunate

μακάριος

supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off

μακαρισμός

beatification, i.e. attribution of good fortune

Μακεδονία

Macedonia, a region of Greece

a Macedon (Macedonian), i.e. inhabitant of Macedonia

μάκελλον

a butcher's stall, meat market or provision-shop

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N

101 words

Naasson (i.e. Nachshon), an Israelite

Nangæ (i.e. perhaps Nogach), an Israelite

Nazareth or Nazaret, a place in Palestine

Ναζαρηνός

a Nazarene, i.e. inhabitant of Nazareth

Ναζωραῖος

a Nazoræan, i.e. inhabitant of Nazareth; by extension, a Christian

Nathan, an Israelite

Ναθαναήλ

Nathanaël (i.e. Nathanel), an Israelite and Christian

Nain, a place in Palestine

a fane, shrine, temple

Naum (i.e. Nachum), an Israelite

Νάρκισσος

Narcissus, a Roman

to be shipwrecked (stranded, "navigate"), literally or figuratively

ναύκληρος

a boat (of any size)

a boatman, i.e. seaman

Nachor, the grandfather of Abraham

a youth (up to about forty years)

νεανίσκος

a youth (under forty)

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O

160 words

a double negative strengthening the denial; not at all

ὀγδοήκοντα

ten times eight

a mass (as bending or bulging by its load), i.e. burden (hindrance)

grief (as dejecting)

ὀδυρμός

moaning, i.e. lamentation

Ozias (i.e. Uzzijah), an Israelite

to scent (usually an ill "odor")

a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail

ὀθόνιον

a linen bandage

οἰκεῖος

domestic, i.e. (as noun), a relative, adherent

οἰκέτης

a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic

to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit

a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail

οἰκητήριον

a residence (literally or figuratively)

properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)

οἰκιακός

familiar, i.e. (as noun) relatives

οἰκοδεσποτέω

to be the head of (i.e. rule) a family

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P

838 words

παγιδεύω

to ensnare (figuratively)

a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)

something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence

liable (i.e. doomed) to experience pain

properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)

παιδαγωγός

a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))

παιδάριον

tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction

παιδευτής

a trainer, i.e. teacher or (by implication) discipliner

to train up a child, i.e. educate, or (by implication), discipline (by punishment)

παιδιόθεν

a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian

παιδίσκη

a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant

to sport (as a boy)

a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)

to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 (τύπτω)); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)

Πακατιανή

Pacatianian, a section of Phrygia

(adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient

antique, i.e. not recent, worn out

παλαιότης

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R

58 words

Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess

my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor

ῥαββονί

corresponding to G4461 (ῥαββί)

ῥαβδίζω

to strike with a stick, i.e. bastinado

a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty)

ῥαβδοῦχος

a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)

Ragau (i.e. Reu), a patriarch

ῥᾳδιούργημα

rhaidioúrgēma

easy-going behavior, i.e. (by extension) a crime

ῥᾳδιουργία

recklessness, i.e. (by extension) malignity

O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification)

a "rag," i.e. piece of cloth

Rama (i.e. Ramah), a place in Palestine

ῥαντίζω

to render besprinkled, i.e. asperse (ceremonially or figuratively)

ῥαντισμός

aspersion (ceremonially or figuratively)

ῥάπισμα

perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω) through the idea of puncturing); a needle

Rachab, a Canaanitess

Rachel, the wife of Jacob

Ῥεβέκκα

Rebecca (i.e. Ribkah), the wife of Isaac

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S

481 words

σαβαχθάνι

thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress

armies; sabaoth (i.e. tsebaoth), a military epithet of God

σαββατισμός

a "sabbatism", i.e. (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven)

σάββατον

the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications

a "seine" for fishing

Σαδδουκαῖος

a Sadducæan (i.e. Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite

Sadoc (i.e. Tsadok), an Israelite

to wag (as a dog its tail fawningly), i.e. (generally) to shake (figuratively, disturb)

"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)

Sala (i.e. Shelach), a patriarch

Σαλαθιήλ

Salathiel (i.e. Shealtiel), an Israelite

Salamis, a place in Cyprus

Salim, a place in Palestine

to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite

Salem (i.e. Shalem), a place in Palestine

Salmon, an Israelite

Salmone, a place in Crete

a vibration, i.e. (specially), billow

to trumpet, i.e. sound a blast (literally or figuratively)

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T

296 words

Θαδδαῖος

Thaddæus, one of the Apostles

the sea (genitive case or specially)

to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster

Thamar (i.e. Tamar), an Israelitess

to stupefy (with surprise), i.e. astound

stupefaction (by surprise), i.e. astonishment

θανάσιμος

fatal, i.e. poisonous

θανατήφορος

thanatḗphoros

death-bearing, i.e. fatal

(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)

to celebrate funeral rites, i.e. inter

Thara (i.e. Terach), the father of Abraham

to exercise courage

to have courage

boldness (subjectively)

wonder (properly concrete; but by implication, abstract)

to wonder; by implication, to admire

θαυμάσιος

wondrous, i.e. (neuter as noun) a miracle

θαυμαστός

wondered at, i.e. (by implication) wonderful

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X

10 words

hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment

to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange

ξενοδοχέω

to be hospitable

foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer

by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)

to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance

to shave or "shear" the hair

Z

34 words

Ζαβουλών

Zabulon (i.e. Zebulon), a region of Palestine

Ζακχαῖος

Zacchæus, an Israelite

Zara, (i.e. Zerach), an Israelite

Ζαχαρίας

Zacharias (i.e. Zechariah), the name of two Israelites

to live (literally or figuratively)

Ζεβεδαῖος

Zebedæus, an Israelite

boiled, i.e. (by implication) calid (figuratively, fervent)

a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)

ζευκτηρία

a fastening (tiller-rope)

in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name , which is otherwise obsolete; Zeus or Dis (among the Latins, Jupiter or Jove), the supreme deity of the Greeks

to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), i.e. (figuratively) be fervid (earnest)

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)

to have warmth of feeling for or against

a Zealot, i.e. (specially) partisan for Jewish political independence

to injure, i.e. (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment

Jove-given; Zenas, a Christian

to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)

a search (properly concretely), i.e. (in words) a debate

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