- ζέω
- ζέω ptc. ζέων (lit. ‘boil, seethe’ Hom.+; GDI p. 1034 no. 3 [Crete, II B.C.] religious regulation καταχέαι τινὶ ὕδωρ ζέον; pap; Job 32:19; Jos., Bell. 3, 271, Ant. 13, 345; Ath.) fig. of emotions, anger, love, eagerness to do good or evil, to be stirred up emotionally, be enthusiastic/excited/on fire (Trag.; Pla., Rep. 440c; Chariton 1, 5, 1; Plut., Mor. 1088 f; 4 Macc 18:20; Philo, Mos. 2, 280) ζέων τῷ πνεύματι of Apollos before he became a full-fledged member of the Christian community with burning zeal Ac 18:25 (cp. Eunap. p. 82 ζέοντος δαίμονος, i.e. of the orator.—S. also HPreisker, ZNW 30, ’31, 301–4; RStrelan, Paul, Artemis, and the Jews in Ephesus: BZNW 80, ’96, 216–29). The admonition to Christians to be τῷ πνεύματι ζέοντες Ro 12:11 directs them to maintain the spiritual glow (Moffatt).—B. 676. Straub 20. DELG. M-M. TW.
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