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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g2207 Greek: zelotes

Zealous:

is used adjectivally, of "being zealous"

(a) "of the Law," Act 21:20;

(b) "toward God," lit., "of God," Act 22:3, RV, "for God;"

(c) "of spiritual gifts," 1Cr 14:12, i.e., for exercise of spiritual gifts (lit., "of spirits," but not to be interpreted literally);

(d) "for (AV, 'of') the traditions of my fathers," Gal 1:14, of Paul's loyalty to Judaism before his conversion;

(e) "of good works," Tts 2:14.

The word is, lit., "a zealot," i.e., "an uncompromising partisan." The "Zealots" was a name applied to an extreme section of the Pharisees, bitterly antagonistic to the Romans. Josephus (Antiq. xviii. 1. 1, 6; B.J. ii. 8. 1) refers to them as the "fourth sect of Jewish philosphy" (i.e., in addition to the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes), founded by Judas of Galilee (cp. Act 5:37). After his rebellion in A.D. 6, the Zealots nursed the fires of revolt, which, bursting out afresh in A.D. 66, led to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70. To this sect Simon, one of the Apostles, had belonged, Luk 6:15; Act 1:13. The equivalent Hebrew and Aramaic term was "Cananean" (Mat 10:4); this is not connected with Canaan, as the AV "Canaanite" would suggest, but is derived from Heb. quanna, "jealous."

B-1 Verb Strong's Number: g2206 Greek: zeloo

Zealous:

"to be jealous," also signifies "to seek or desire eagerly;" in Gal 4:17, RV, "they zealously seek (you)," in the sense of taking a very warm interest in; so in Gal 4:18, Passive Voice, "to be zealously sought" (AV, "to be zealously affected"), i.e., to be the object of warm interest on the part of others; some texts have this verb in Rev 3:19 (see No. 2).
See AFFECT, Note, COVET, DESIRE, ENVY, JEALOUS.

B-2 Verb Strong's Number: g2206 Greek: zeleuo

Zealous:

a late and rare form of No. 1, is found in the best texts in Rev 3:19, "be zealous."

Note: For spoudazo, Gal 2:10, RV, see DILIGENT, B, No. 1.

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