24 occurrences

'Jealous' in the Bible

He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

and if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is defiled; or if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is not defiled --

or when jealous feelings come over a man and he becomes suspicious of his wife; then he must have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will carry out all this law upon her.

Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!"

You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

Joshua warned the people, "You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

Ephraim's jealousy will end, and Judah's hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.

I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
קנא 
Qana' 
Usage: 34

קנּא 
Qanna' 
Usage: 6

קנאה 
Qin'ah 
Usage: 43

קנּוא 
Qannow' 
Usage: 2

ζῆλος 
Zelos 
Usage: 17

παραζηλόω 
Parazeloo 
Usage: 4

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