jealousy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: jeal=ous=y
• COUNT in NET: 18 in 18 verses (in OT : 7 in 7 verses) (in NT : 11 in 11 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

jealousy, n. [ F. jalousie. See Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.].

 The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases directly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.  [1913 Webster]
"I was jealous for jealousy."  [1913 Webster]
"Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority."  [1913 Webster]
"Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jealousy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a jealous state or feeling.
2 an instance of this.

Etymology

ME f. OF gelosie (as JEALOUS)

ROGET THESAURUS

jealousy

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.

Doubt

N unbelief doubt, unbelief, disbelief, misbelief, discredit, miscreance, infidelity, dissent, change of opinion, retraction, doubt, skepticism, scepticism, misgiving, demure, distrust, mistrust, cynicism, misdoubt, suspicion, jealousy, scruple, qualm, onus probandi, incredibility, incredibleness, incredulity, doubter, skeptic, cynic, unbeliever, unbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, incredulous as to, skeptical as to, distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of, doubting, doubtful, disputable, unworthy of, undeserving of belief, questionable, suspect, suspicious, open to suspicion, open to doubt, staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable, impossible, fallible, undemonstrable, controvertible, cum grano salis, with a grain of salt, with grains of allowance, fronti nulla fides, nimium ne crede colori, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes, I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts, beware of Greeks bearing gifts, credat Judaeus Apella, let those believe who may, ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio.