ΟΙΖΗΛΩΤΑΙ, οιζηλωται
OIZĒLŌTAI, oizēlōtai
Sounds Like: oy-ZAY-loh-tai
Translations: zealots
From the root: ΖΗΛΩΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a group of people who are zealous, ardent, or fervent, often in a religious or political context. In the New Testament, it specifically refers to members of a Jewish nationalist movement who were fiercely devoted to Jewish law and independence from Roman rule. It is used to describe a group of individuals who are passionate and uncompromising in their beliefs or cause.
Inflection: Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2207 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 6:35
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
- 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
- ΤΟΥΣΖΗΛΩΤΑΣ — the zealots, the zealous ones
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