STRONGS NUMBER G3863


Word Summary
parazēloō: to provoke to jealousy
Original Word: παραζηλόω
Transliteration: parazēloō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-zay-lo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to provoke to jealousy
Meaning: to provoke to jealousy
Strong's Concordance
provoke to jealousy.

From para and zeloo; to stimulate alongside, i.e. Excite to rivalry -- provoke to emulation (jealousy).

see GREEK para

see GREEK zeloo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3863: παραζηλόω

παραζηλόω, παραζήλω; future παραζηλώσω; 1 aorist παρεζηλωσα; to provoke to ζῆλος (see παρά, IV. 3);

a. to provoke to jealousy or rivalry: τινα, Romans 11:11, 14 (1 Kings 14:22; Sir. 30:3); ἐπί τίνι (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. δ. at the end), Romans 10:19 (Deuteronomy 32:21).

b. to provoke to anger: 1 Corinthians 10:22 (on this see Prof. Hort in WH's Appendix, p. 167) (Psalm 36:1, 7f (f)).