ΖΗΛΩΤΉΣ: ζηλωτής, -οῦ, ὁ [ (< ζηλόω), [in LXX for קַנָּא (θεὸς ζ.), Ex 20:5 34:14, De 4:24 5:9 6:15; קַנּוֹא, Na 1:2 (θεός); pl., I Es 8:72; ζ. τῶν νόμων, II Mac 4:2;τὸν ζ. Φινεές, IV Mac 18:12 (cf. Nu 25:11)*;] ] 1. . in cl. an emulator, zealous admirer (Plat., al.).
2. . eagerly desirous, zealous; (a) . absol., as in OT, Ex 20:5 34:14, De 4:24 5:9 6:15, Na 1:2, I Es 8:72; (b) . c. gen. obj.: (zealous to acquire or to defend), I Co 14:12, Tit 2:14, I Pe 3:13; τ. νομου (II Mac 4:2), Ac 21:20; παραδόσεων, Ga 1:14; c. gen. pers., θεοῦ, Ac 22:3.
3. . In FlJ, NT, a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Lk 6:15, Ac 1:13.†