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Word

Ζηλωτής

Zēlōtḗs · G2208 · Greek · 0 occurrences

Person

Meanings

  1. zealot, nationalist

    A member of a Jewish nationalistic group seeking independence from Rome

    This lexeme does not occur in the New Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ζέω zéō · G2204 · to show enthusiasm, to commit oneself completely to · 2×ζῆλος zēlos · G2205 · devotion to, earnest concern, envy · 16×ζηλόω zēlóō · G2206 · to be earnest, to set one’s heart on, to be completely intent upon · 12×ζηλωτής zēlōtḗs · G2207 · a "zealot" · 8×παραζηλόω parazēlóō · G3863 · to make jealous, to cause to be envious · 4×ζεστός zestós · G2200 · hot · 3×ΖηλωτήςZēlōtḗs · G2208
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Socio-Political2 occurrencesBe Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0