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ζῆλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζῆλος ζήλου

Structure: ζηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prob. from ze/w

Sense

  1. eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion
  2. (with genitive) zeal for one
  3. (with genitive)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Φινεὲσ υἱὸσ Ἐλεάζαρ υἱοῦ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἱερέωσ κατέπαυσε τὸν θυμόν μου ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαί μου τὸν ζῆλον ἐν αὐτοῖσ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξανήλωσα τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ ζήλῳ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 25:11)
  • ὃσ ἐπήγαγεν ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ λιμὸν καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ αὐτοῦ ὠλιγοποίησεν αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 48:2)
  • καὶ συντελεσθήσεται ὁ θυμόσ μου καὶ ἡ ὀργή μου ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ διότι ἐγὼ Κύριοσ λελάληκα ἐν ζήλῳ μου ἐν τῷ συντελέσαι με τὴν ὀργήν μου ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 5:13)
  • διὰ τοῦτο προφήτευσον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἰπὸν τοῖσ ὄρεσι καί τοῖσ βουνοῖσ καὶ ταῖσ φάραγξι καὶ ταῖσ νάπαισ. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ζήλῳ μου καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμῷ μου ἐλάλησα, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀνειδισμοὺσ ἐθνῶν ἐνέγκαι ὑμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 36:6)
  • δυοῖν δ’ ὄντοιν ἅττ’ ἂν παρὰ τῶν παλαιῶν τισ κτήσαιτο, λέγειν τε δύνασθαι καὶ πράττειν τὰ δέοντα ζήλῳ τῶν ἀρίστων καὶ φυγῇ τῶν χειρόνων, ὅταν μήτε ἐκεῖνα μήτε ταῦτα φαίνηταί τισ παρ’ αὐτῶν ὠφελούμενοσ, τί ἄλλο ἢ τοῖσ μυσὶ διατριβὰσ ὠνεῖται καὶ ταῖσ τίλφαισ οἰκήσεισ καὶ πληγὰσ ὡσ ἀμελοῦσι τοῖσ οἰκέταισ ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 17:2)

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