ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ, ζηλωτης
ZĒLŌTĒS, zēlōtēs
Sounds Like: zay-LOH-tays
Translations: zealot, a zealot, one who is zealous, jealous
From the root: ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who is intensely devoted, passionate, or fervent, often in support of a particular cause, belief, or person. It can describe a person who is eager and enthusiastic. When applied to God, it often conveys the sense of being 'jealous' in a protective way, meaning God is fiercely protective of His honor, covenant, and people, and will not tolerate rivals or disloyalty.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2207 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:61
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:162
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:271
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 3:6
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 2:11
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 3:2
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
- ΖΗΛΩΤΑΙΣ — (to) zealots, (to) enthusiasts, (to) fanatics
- ΖΗΛΩΤΑΣ — zealot, a zealot
- ΖΗΛΩΤΗΝ — zealot, a zealot
- 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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