- ζηλωτής
- ζηλωτής, οῦ, ὁ (Isocr., Pla. et al.; ins, LXX; JosAs 11 cod A [p. 53, 25 Bat.]; ApcSed 6:8; Philo, Joseph., Ar.)① one who is earnestly committed to a side or cause, enthusiast, adherent, loyalist.ⓐ w. gen.α. of pers. (Dio Chrys. 38 [55], 6 Ὁμήρου ζ.; SIG 717, 33; OGI 339, 90; Jos., Vi. 11) ζ. τοῦ θεοῦ one who is loyal to God Ac 22:3 (Musonius 37, 3 ζ. τοῦ Διός; Epict. 2, 14, 13).β. of thing (Diod S 1, 73, 9 τ. πολεμικῶν ἔργων; 2, 1, 4 ζ. τῆς ἀρετῆς; Epict. 2, 12, 25; 3, 24, 40; SIG 675, 27f ζ. τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως; 756, 32; Philo, Praem. 11 ἀρετῆς, Spec. Leg. 1, 30, Virt. 175; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 162) ζ. ἐστε πνευμάτων you are eager to possess spirits (i.e., spiritual gifts) 1 Cor 14:12. ζ. καλῶν ἔργων eager to perform good deeds Tit 2:14. τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ 1 Pt 3:13. τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20 (cp. 2 Macc 4:2; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 253; Jos., Ant. 12, 271). ζ. τ. πατρικῶν μου παραδόσεων Gal 1:14 (Thrasyllus [I A.D.] in Diog. L. 9, 38: Democritus as ζ. τῶν Πυθαγορικῶν; Philo, Mos. 2, 161 ζ. τῶν Αἰγυπτιακῶν πλασμάτων).—Also rather in the sense of an enthusiastic adherent of a person or a cause (Strabo 10, 5, 6 p. 486 τοῦ Βίωνος ζηλωτής; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 2 §4 Σύλλα φίλος καὶ ζ.; Polyaenus 5, 2, 22; Diog. L. 2, 113; Memnon [I B.C./I A.D.]: 434 Fgm. 1, 35, 1 Jac. ζ. τῆς Λαμάχου προαιρέσεως=of the party of L.).—Abs. (Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 5, 29; Marinus, Vi. Procli 38 Boiss.; Ar. 7, 3 al.), in a bad sense jealous (w. ἐριστικός, θυμικός) D 3:2.ⓑ w. περί to introduce a thingα. w. gen. 1 Cl 45:1β. w. acc. Pol 6:3.② an ultranationalist, patriot, zealot (ὁ) ζηλωτής is the cognomen of one of the Twelve, called Simon the Patriot (Zealot) to distinguish him fr. Simon Peter Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13; GEb 34, 61 (cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 651; 4, 160 and s. Καναναῖος. WFarmer, Maccabees, Zealots and Josephus ’56; MHengel, Die Zeloten [Herod I to 70 A.D.]2, ’76; MSmith, HTR 64, ’71, 1–19; SBrandon, Jesus and the Zealots, ’67; s. Brandon’s answer to criticism NTS 17, ’70/71, 453 and s. JGriffiths, ibid. 19, ’73, 483–89; HKingdon, ibid. 19, ’72, 74–81).—DELG s.v. ζῆλος. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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