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Colossians 4:13
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
properly heat that is (figuratively) zeal
(in a favorable sense ardor; in an unfavorable one jealousy as of a husband [figuratively of God] or an enemy malice)
1. excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit
a. zeal, ardour in embracing, pursuing, defending anything
1. zeal in behalf of, for a person or thing
2. the fierceness of indignation, punitive zeal
b. an envious and contentious rivalry, jealousy
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.