noun · masculine
zēlōtos
Strong’sG2207
a zealot
stem zēlōt-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
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)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2207 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzay-lo-tace'
a "zealot"
Fromfrom G2206;
King Jameszealous.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
emulator, zealous admirer or follower, μιμητὴς καὶ ζ. τῆς πατρῴας ἀρετῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; μαθήσεως NT+1st c.BC+; Θουκυδίδου, Ἀντισθένους, Refs 2nd c.AD+; perhaps champion, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 jealous, θεὸς ζ. LXX
II zealot, used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος, NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | zēlōtos3×ζηλωτὴς | zēlōtois3×ζηλωταὶ |
| object accusative | zēlōton1×ζηλωτὴν | zēlōtoin |
| direct address vocative | zēlōtor | zēlōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | zēlōtou | zēlōtoiu |
| to, for dative | zēlōto | zēlōtoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
zēlōto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
zēlōtos“zealous”subjectnominative singular3×
Acts 1:13… Mathaios, Iakōbos Halfaiou kai Simōnos tos zēlōtos kai Ioudos Iakōbou.… James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Acts 22:3… paideuorēntos kata akribeian tou patrōou nomou, zēlōtos huparcharōntos tou theou kathōs pantois vis …… our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you …
Galatians 1:14… sunēlikiōtoin en te gene mu, perissoterōs zēlōtos huparcharōntos taiu patrikaiu mu paradosiaiu.… of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
zēlōton“zealous”objectaccusative singular1×
Titus 2:14… anomiau kai katharizateia heauto laon periousion, zēlōton kaleiu ergeiu.… a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
zēlōtois“zealous”subjectnominative plural3×
Acts 21:20… toi Ioudaioi toiu pisteuarēntoiu, kai pantois zēlōtois tou nomou huparchalō;… believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
1 Corinthians 14:12“zealous”houtōs kai vis, epei zēlōtois avō pneumeiu, pros tan oikodoman tau …It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
1 Peter 3:13“eager”… tos kakarintos vin ean teu agatheu zēlōtois geneveia?Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?