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# jealous

«jealous» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **demanding faithfulness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

demanding faithfulness

### part of speech

adjective (jealous, more jealous, most jealous)

### meaning for a pupil

Wanting complete loyalty and not allowing rivals; very protective of one's devotion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/J/jealous/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today jealous means unhappy because someone else has something you want. The old sense is closer to "zealous" in the first and third sentences, while the second sentence uses the modern sense.

### examples

- For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. (Torah DEU.4.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/J/jealous/#x1)
- The jealous stepmother is “universally human.” (Cf. (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/J/jealous/#x2)
- For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God; (Torah EXO.34.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/J/jealous/#x3)

### primary record

jealous

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 92 (Torah 12, tales 80, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 3.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1020/)
- [For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.136/)
- [Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.38/)
- [They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1922/)
- [Feeling jealous of a new baby is very common, and parents still love the older child just as much.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jealous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/J/jealous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.