noun · masculine

zēlōtos

GreekΖηλωτής (zēlōtēs)

Strong’sG2208

the Zealot

stem zēlōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

zealot1×

What it means

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2208 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddzay-lo-tace'

a Zealot, i.e. (specially) partisan for Jewish political independence

Fromthe same as G2207;

King JamesZelotes.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	zēlōtos	zēlōtois
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

zēlōtstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

zēlōtos — ζηλωτής, a zealot

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

zēlōton“zealot”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 6:15“zealot”kai Mathaion kai Thōmaon kai Iakōbon Halfaiou kai Simōnon ton kalirōton ZēlōtonMatthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;