ζηλωτής

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zealot

ζηλωτής , -οῦ, ὁ (ζηλόω), [in LXX for קַנָּא (θεὸς ζ.), Exo.20:5 34:14 , Deu.4:24 5:9 6:15 ; קַנּוֹא, Nam.1:2 (θεός); pl., I Est.8:72; ζ. τῶν νόμων, 2Ma.4:2; τὸν ζ. Φινεές, 4Ma.18:12 (cf. Num.25:11 )* ;] __1. in cl. an emulator, zealous admirer (Plat., al.). __2. eagerly desirous, zealous ; __(a) absol., as in OT, ll. with; __(b) with genitive obj.: (zealous to acquire or to defend), 1Co.14:12 , Tit.2:14 , 1Pe.3:13 ; τ. νόμου (2Mac, l.with), Act.21:20; παραδόσεων, Gal.1:14; with genitive of person(s), θεοῦ, Act.22:3. __3. 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)