KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Zeal, desire, or jealousy stirred by another. Sense 2: Envious rivalry.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Romans 11:14
Complete exact-word concordance
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
If by any means I may prouoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might saue some of them.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Envy: an earnest desire to doe as an other doth.
Envy, or imitate.
Rivalry or zealous competition.
