Category:Jealousy

Jeal"ous*y, n.; pl. Jealousies. Etym: [ F. jalousie. See Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.]

Defn: The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. Zechariah 8:2. Jealousy is the. . . apprehension of superiority. Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. Rambler.

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Jealousy - Suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Numbers 5:14; Proverbs 6:34; Song of Songs 8:6); also an intense interest for another's honor or prosperity (Psalms 79:5; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Zechariah 1:14).