KJV Dictionary Definition: fervent

fervent

FERV'ENT, a. L. fervens, from ferveo, to be hot, to boil, to glow.

1. Hot; boiling; as a fervent summer; fervent blood.

2. Hot in temper; vehement.

They are fervent to dispute.

3. Ardent; very warm; earnest; excited; animated; glowing; as fervent zeal; fervent piety.

Fervent in spirit. Rom 12.

fervently

FERV'ENTLY, adv.

1. Earnestly; eagerly; vehemently; with great warmth.

2. With pious ardor; with earnest zeal; ardently.

Epaphras - saluteth you, laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. 4.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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