ζέω,
contr. 3 sg. ζεῖ even in Il. 21.362; later ζείω Call. Dian. 60, subj. ζείῃσι Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.7; in late Prose ζέννυμι (q.v.): impf. ζέε Il. 21.365, ἔζεε Hes. Th. 695, ἔζει S. OC 434: fut. ζέσω (ἐξανα-) A. Pr. 372: aor. ἔζεσα Hdt. 7.188, cf. ἐπιζέω; ζέσσα Il. 18.349: - Pass., aor. ἐζέσθην (ἀπ-) Dsc. 1.3, (ἐν-) Aret. CA 1.2: pf. ἔζεσμαι Gp. 10.54.3: -
I
1. boil, seethe, of water, ἐπεὶ δὴ ζέσσεν ὕδωρ ἐνὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ Il. 18.349, Od. 10.360; ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον as the kettle boils, Il. 21.362, cf. E. Cyc. 343; rarely of solids, to be fiery hot, χθὼν ἔζεε Hes. Th. 695, 847; χαλκός Call. l.c.
2. ferment, Hp. VM 11; γλεύκους ζέοντος Dsc. 5.8.
3. metaph., boil or bubble up, τῆς θαλάσσης ζεσάσης Hdt. 7.188; αἷμα διὰ χρωτὸς ζέσσ’ AP 7.208 (Anyte); οἶνος ζεῖ Pl. Lg. 773d. of passion, ὁπηνίκ’ ἔζει θυμός S. OC 434, cf. Pl. R. 440c, etc.; τὸ ζέον τῆς μάχης Hld. 1.33.
4. c. gen., boil up or over with a thing, λίμνη ζέουσα ὕδατος καὶ πηλοῦ Pl. Phd. 113a; πίθος ζ. [οἴνου ] Thphr. HP 9.17.3; πεδία ζείοντ’ Ἀγαρηνῶν boiling, teeming with.., APl. 4.39 (Arab.); of persons, ζ. σκωλήκων Luc. Alex. 59: c. dat., ζ. φθειρί Id. Sat. 26; ζ. φλογμῷ Lyc. 690; θάλαττα αἵυατι καὶ ῥοθίῳ ζέουσα Aristid. 1.142J.
II
1. causal, make to boil, boil, τοὶ δὲ λοετρὰ πυρὶ ζέον A.R. 3.273; θυμὸν ἐπὶ Τροίῃ πόσον ἔζεσας; AP 7.385 (Phil.).
2. exhale, ἀϋτμήν (v.l. -μῇ) A.R. 1.734. (ζέ(ς)-ω, cf. ζες-τός, Skt. yásati ’boil’, OHG. jësan ’ferment’, ’foam’, Engl. yeast.)
ζέω zeō 2x
to boil, to be hot, in NT met. to be fervent, ardent, zealous, [Act 18:25]; [Rom 12:11]
ζηλεύω zēleuō 1x
to be zealous, earnest, eager, [Rev 3:19]
G2204 — ζέω
to boil with heat, be hot; often in Greek writings; thus of water, Homer, Iliad 18, 349; 21, 362 (365); metaphorically, used of 'boiling' anger, love, zeal for what is good or bad, etc. (Tragg., Plato, Plutarch, others); ζέων (on this uncontracted form cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. (or his School Gram. (Robinson's translation)) § 105 N. 2, i., p. 481; Matthiae, i., p. 151; (Hadley § 371 b.)) τῷ πνεύματι, fervent in spirit, said of zeal for what is good, [Act 18:25]; [Rom 12:11]; cf. especially Rückert and Fritzsche on Romans, the passage cited
ζέω ,
[in LXX for H7311, H7570, metaph ., 4Ma 18:20 ;]
to boil, be hot; metaph ., of anger, love, zeal: ptcp ., fervent: τ . πνεύματι , [Act 18:25], [Rom 12:11]. †