Strong G2208ζηλωτής
Zealot
- Transliteration
- Zēlōtēs
- Pronunciation
- dzay-lo-tace'
- Morphology
- Proper Name Title (ie not the name of a person or place)
Definition
The same as G2207; a Zealot that is (specifically) partisan for Jewish political independence: - Zelotes.
Detailed definition
Ζηλωτής
In FlJ, NT,
a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Luk.6:15, Act.1:13.†
(AS)
In FlJ, NT,
a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Luk.6:15, Act.1:13.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Simon
One of the twelve apostles, also called the Zealot.
Simon, also known as the Zealot, was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus.
Related words
Word family
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζηλ-ωτής, οῦ, ὁ,
emulator, zealous admirer or follower, μιμητὴς καὶ ζ. τῆς πατρῴας ἀρετῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.11; ζ. καὶ ἐρασταὶ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων παιδείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343a; τῆς ἡλικίας τοῦ μειρακίου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.166; τῶν καλῶν βουλευμάτων [prev. work]171; τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως “SIG” 675.27 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC))]; μαθήσεως [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.262S.; πνευμάτων NT.1Cor.14.12; τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν μαρτυρουμένων “IG” 7.2712.99 (from Acraephiae): with _genitive_ _person_, τοῦ Διός 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 8p.37H.; τῶ πράτω θεῶ Sthenidas Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.7.63 (_nominative_ _sing._ ζηλωτάς codices))]; Θουκυδίδου, Ἀντισθένους, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 15, “Herm.” 14)]; perhaps champion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 70G.)]
2 jealous, θεὸς ζ. [LXX (LXX.Exo.20.5.)]
II zealot, used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.6.15, NT.Act.1.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.9; τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν [prev. author] “AJ” 12.6.2; τῶν νόμων LXX.2Mac.4.2.)]
emulator, zealous admirer or follower, μιμητὴς καὶ ζ. τῆς πατρῴας ἀρετῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.11; ζ. καὶ ἐρασταὶ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων παιδείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343a; τῆς ἡλικίας τοῦ μειρακίου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.166; τῶν καλῶν βουλευμάτων [prev. work]171; τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως “SIG” 675.27 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC))]; μαθήσεως [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.262S.; πνευμάτων NT.1Cor.14.12; τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν μαρτυρουμένων “IG” 7.2712.99 (from Acraephiae): with _genitive_ _person_, τοῦ Διός 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 8p.37H.; τῶ πράτω θεῶ Sthenidas Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.7.63 (_nominative_ _sing._ ζηλωτάς codices))]; Θουκυδίδου, Ἀντισθένους, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 15, “Herm.” 14)]; perhaps champion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 70G.)]
2 jealous, θεὸς ζ. [LXX (LXX.Exo.20.5.)]
II zealot, used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.6.15, NT.Act.1.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.9; τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν [prev. author] “AJ” 12.6.2; τῶν νόμων LXX.2Mac.4.2.)]