ΖΗΛΩΤΑΙΣ, ζηλωταις
ZĒLŌTAIS, zēlōtais
Sounds Like: zay-LOH-tays
Translations: (to) zealots, (to) enthusiasts, (to) fanatics
From the root: ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who are zealous, enthusiastic, or fanatical about a particular cause, belief, or person. In historical contexts, especially within the New Testament and Josephus' writings, it often refers to members of the Jewish nationalist party who were fiercely devoted to Jewish independence and the Law, often to the point of extremism.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2207 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΖΗΛΩΤΑΙ — zealots, zealous ones, enthusiasts
- ΖΗΛΩΤΑΣ — zealot, a zealot
- ΖΗΛΩΤΗΝ — zealot, a zealot
- ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ — zealot, a zealot, one who is zealous, jealous
- ΖΗΛΩΤΟΙ — zealous, eager, envious, jealous, zealous ones, eager ones, envious ones, jealous ones
- ΖΗΛΩΤΟΥΣ — zealots, a zealot, zealous ones
- ΖΗΛΩΤΩΝ — of zealots, of a zealot
- ΖΗΛΩΤ‾Η‾ — zealot, a zealot
- ΟΙΖΗΛΩΤΑΙ — zealots
- ΤΟΥΣΖΗΛΩΤΑΣ — the zealots, the zealous ones
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