Strong's Concordance zélótés: zealous Original Word: ζηλωτής, Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zélótés Phonetic Spelling: (dzay-lo-tace') Definition: zealous Usage: one who is eagerly devoted to a person or a thing, a zealot. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2207 zēlōtḗs – a person with zealous enthusiasm who (literally) "boils over with passion" ("someone burning with zeal," J. Thayer). See 2205 (zēlos). 2707 /kataphrontḗs ("a zealous person") is used of "one who is deeply committed to something and therefore zealous – 'enthusiast, zealous person' " (L & N, 1, 25.77). [This term is also used of the extreme faction of the Pharisees called "zealots of the Law" (Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom zéloó Definition zealous NASB Translation zealous (6). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2207: ζηλωτήςζηλωτής, ζηλωτου, ὁ (ζηλόω), one burning with zeal; a zealot; 1. absolutely, for the Hebrew קַנָּא, used of God as jealous of any rival and sternly vindicating his control: Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 4:24, etc. From the time of the Maccabees ( 2. with the genitive of the object: with the genitive of the thing, most eagerly desirous of, zealous for, a thing; a. to acquire a thing (zealous of) (see ζηλόω, 2): 1 Corinthians 14:12; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 3:13 L T Tr WH (ἀρετῆς, Philo, praem. et poen. § 2; b. to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently contending for a thing (zealous for): νόμου, Acts 21:20 (2 Macc. 4:2); From zeloo; a "zealot" -- zealous. see GREEK zeloo Englishman's Concordance Luke 6:15 N-AMSGRK: INT: who [was] called Zealot Acts 1:13 N-NMS Acts 21:20 N-NMP Acts 22:3 N-NMS 1 Corinthians 14:12 N-NMP Galatians 1:14 N-NMS Titus 2:14 N-AMS 1 Peter 3:13 N-NMP Strong's Greek 2207 |