Strong's Number 2208

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
Zelotes {dzay-lo-tace'}
Word Origin:
the same as 2207
TDNT:
2:882,297
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Zelotes 2

Total: 2
Definition:
  1. one burning with zeal, a zealot
  2. used of God as jealous of any rival and sternly vindicating his control
  3. most eagerly desirous of, zealous for, a thing
    1. to acquire a thing, (zealous of)
    2. to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently contending for a thing From the time of the Maccabees there existed among the Jews a class of men, called Zealots, who vigorously adhered to the Mosaic law and endeavouring even by a resort to violence, after the example of Phinehas, to prevent religion from being violated by others; but in the latter days of the Jewish commonwealth they used their holy zeal as a pretext for the basest crimes.
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament