Parazeloo means “stimulate alongside” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3863 — lu (“conditional particle”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3863 παραζηλόω (parazeloo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. parazeloo (par-ad-zay-loh'-o) v. 1. to stimulate alongside, i.e. excite to rivalry [from G3844 and G2206] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include provoke. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
parazeloo (par-ad-zay-loh'-o) v. 1. to stimulate alongside, i.e. excite to rivalry [from G3844 and G2206] KJV: provoke to emulation (jealousy) Root(s): G3844, G2206
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3863. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to make envious
Usage: παρα-ζηλόω, -ῶ [in LXX: Deu.32:21, 3Ki.14:22, Psa.78:58 (קָנָא pi., hi.), Psa.37:1, 7-8 (חָרָה hith.), Sir.30:3 * ;] to provoke to jealousy: Rom.10:19 (LXX) Rom.11:11, 14, 1Co.10:22.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parazeloo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3863 (παραζηλόω) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, They have exasperated me with their idols; And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.
And Rehoboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be envious of them that do iniquity.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
He that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy: And before his friends he shall rejoice of him.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3863.
They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, They have exasperated me with their idols; And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.
And Rehoboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be envious of them that do iniquity.
Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: Fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, At the man that does unlawful deeds.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself so as to do evil.
And they provoked him with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
He that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy: And before his friends he shall rejoice of him.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3863, grouped by book.
Parazeloo (Strong's G3863) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stimulate alongside". parazeloo (par-ad-zay-loh'-o) v. 1. to stimulate alongside, i.e. excite to rivalry [from G3844 and G2206]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G3863 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3863 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as provoke. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3863, with linked reader references where each row is available.