zēlōtēs · zealous, Zealot

What it means

zēlōtēs (ζηλωτής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “zealous, Zealot”.

Zealous, eager; "the Zealot", someone of burning zeal.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• zealous ×5
• Zealot ×2
• eager for ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Acts×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Titus×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Luke 6:15

  and Matthew and Thomas and James son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called the Zealot,

• Acts 1:13

  And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

• Acts 21:20

  And when they heard it, they glorified God, and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;

• Acts 22:3

  “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

• 1 Corinthians 14:12

  So also you, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound in them for the building up of the assembly.

• Galatians 1:14

  and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

• Titus 2:14

  who gave himself for us so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people of his own, zealous for good works.

• 1 Peter 3:13

  And who is the one who will harm you if you become zealous for what is good?