Words the Bible translates as be eager
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zēloōζηλόωto burn with intense feeling for someone or something: to be zealous or jealously devoted, to set your heart eagerly on it, or, on its dark side, to envy.
- spoudazōσπουδάζωto throw yourself into something and not put it off: to make every effort, and to make it now
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