jealous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: jeal=ous
• COUNT in NET: 27 in 24 verses (in OT : 21 in 18 verses) (in NT : 6 in 6 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

jealous, a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. zh^los. See Zeal, and cf. Zealous.].

•  Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.  [1913 Webster]

  "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts."  [1913 Webster]

  "How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute!"  [1913 Webster]
•  Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.  [1913 Webster]

  "'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these,
  Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace."  [1913 Webster]

  "The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition."  [1913 Webster]
•  Demanding exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."  [1913 Webster]
•  Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.  [1913 Webster]

  "If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife."  [1913 Webster]

  "To both these sisters have I sworn my love:
  Each jealous of the other, as the stung
  Are of the adder."  [1913 Webster]

  "It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous."

Syn. -- Suspicious; anxious; envious.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jealous, adj.
1 (often foll. by of) fiercely protective (of rights etc.).
2 afraid, suspicious, or resentful of rivalry in love or affection.
3 (often foll. by of) envious or resentful (of a person or a person's advantages etc.).
4 (of God) intolerant of disloyalty.
5 (of inquiry, supervision, etc.) vigilant.

Derivative

jealously adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF gelos f. med.L zelosus ZEALOUS

DEVIL DICTIONARY

jealous

adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

THESAURUS

jealous

anxious, begrudging, bitter, covetous, demanding, desirous of, distrustful, doubting, envious, enviousness, envying, grasping, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, grudging, horn-mad, insecure, invidious, invidiousness, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced, jealousy, mistrustful, mistrusting, possessive, possessory, questioning, resentful, suspicious, threatened, vulnerable, yellow, yellow-eyed

ROGET THESAURUS

jealous

Jealousy

N jealousy, jealousness, jaundiced eye, envious suspicion, suspicion, green-eyed monster, yellows, Juno, jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon, jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.