Biblical love,what GOD Almighty says love looks like part 3

Posted : 4 Sep, 2014 04:13 PM

Hello everyone:

May we continue to look at what Biblical LOVE looks like.



Love is not envious:

English-envious

Greek-z�lo�

Strong's Concordance

z�lo�: to be jealous

Original Word: ζηλόω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: z�lo�

Phonetic Spelling: (dzay-lo'-o)

Short Definition: I am jealous, eager for

Definition: (a) intrans: I am jealous, (b) trans: I am jealous of, with acc. of a person; I am eager for, am eager to possess, with acc. of a thing.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2206 zēl�ō (an onomatopoetic word, imitating the sound of boiling water) � properly, to bubble over because so hot (boiling); (figuratively) "to burn with zeal" (J. Thayer); "to be deeply committed to something, with the implication of accompanying desire � 'to be earnest, to set one's heart on, to be completely intent upon' " (L & N, 1, 25.76). See 2205 (zēlos).







Let us look into the Word of GOD to see what envy looks like in a bad sense.

Psa 37:1 A Psalm of David. Do not inflame yourself with evildoers; and do not be envious against workers of perversity;

Psa 37:2 for they soon wither like grass and fade like the green herb.



Psa 73:1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a pure heart.

Psa 73:2 And as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps nearly made to slip.

Psa 73:3 For I was jealous of the proud; I looked upon the peace of the wicked.

Psa 73:4 For there are no pangs to their death; but their body is fat.



Now let us look at what envy/jealousy looks like in a good way.

Eze 39:25 So the Lord Jehovah says this: Now I will return the captivity of Jacob and will have mercy on all the house of Israel. And I will be jealous for My holy name.

Joe 2:18 Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people

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