Dictionaries :: Jealous, Jealousy

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Jealous, Jealousy:

"zeal, jealousy," is rendered "jealousy" in the RV (AV, "envying") in Rom 13:13; 1Cr 3:3; Jam 3:14, 16; in 2Cr 12:20 (AV, "envyings"); in Gal 5:20, RV "jealousies" (AV, "emulations"); in Act 5:17 (AV, "indignation"); in Act 13:45 (AV, "envy"); in 2Cr 11:2 it is used in the phrase "with a godly jealousy," lit., "with a jealousy of God" (RV, marg.).
See ENVY.

Jealous, Jealousy:

akin to A, "to be jealous, to burn with jealousy" (otherwise, to seek or desire eagerly), is rendered "moved with jealousy," in Act 7:9; 17:5, RV (AV, "moved with envy"); in 1Cr 13:4, "envieth (not)," AV and RV; in Jam 4:2, RV marg., "are jealous" (text "covet;" AV, "desire to have").
See AFFECT, Note, DESIRE.

Jealous, Jealousy:

"to provoke to jealousy" (para, "beside," used intensively, and No. 1), is found in Rom 10:19; 11:11, of God's dealings with Israel through his merciful dealings with Gentiles; in Rom 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 1Cr 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 Gal 5:20, of the works of the flesh.