ζηλωτής

ζηλωτής, -οῦ, ὁ

(ζηλόω), [in LXX for קַנָּא (θεὸς ζ.), 2 Mos 20,5; 34,14, 5 Mos 4,24; 5,9; 6,15; קַנּוֹא, Nah 1,2 (θεός); pl., I Est 8,72 ζ. τῶν νόμων, 2Ma 4,2τὸν ζ. Φινεές, 4Ma 18,12 (cf. 4 Mos 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), 1 Kor 14,12, Tit 2,14, 1 Pet 3,13; τ. νόμου (2Mac, l.with), ApG 21,20 παραδόσεων, Gal 1,14 with genitive of person(s), θεοῦ, ApG 22,3,

3. In FlJ, NT, a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Luk 6,15, ApG 1,13.†