ζηλωτής: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ζηλωτου, ὁ ([[ζηλόω]]), [[one]] [[burning]] [[with]] [[zeal]]; a zealot;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[absolutely]], for the [[Hebrew]] קַנָּא, used of God as [[jealous]] of [[any]] [[rival]] and [[sternly]] vindicating his [[control]]: Zealots, [[who]] [[rigorously]] adhered to the Mosaic [[law]] and endeavored [[even]] by a [[resort]] to [[violence]], [[after]] the [[example]] of Phinehas ([[ζηλωτής]] Φινης Josephus, b. j. 4,3, 9; 4,5, 1; 4,6, 3; 7,8, 1. To [[this]] class [[perhaps]] Simon the [[apostle]] had belonged, and [[hence]], got the [[surname]] ὁ [[ζηλωτής]]: Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch., Index [[under]] the [[word]] Zeloten; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 237ff).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[with]] the genitive of the [[object]]: [[with]] the genitive of the [[thing]], [[most]] [[eagerly]] [[desirous]] of, [[zealous]] for, a [[thing]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to [[acquire]] a [[thing]] ([[zealous]] of) ([[see]] [[ζηλόω]], 2): L T Tr WH (ἀρετῆς, [[Philo]], praem. et poen. § 2; τῆς εὐσεβείας, de [[monarch]]. 50:1, § 3; εὐσεβείας καί δικαιοσύνης, de poenit. § 1; τῶν πολεμικων ἔργων, Diodorus 1,73; [[περί]] τῶν ἀνηκόντων [[εἰς]] σωτηρίαν, Clement of [[Rome]], 1 Corinthians 45,1 [ET]).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> to [[defend]] and [[uphold]] a [[thing]], [[vehemently]] contending for a [[thing]] ([[zealous]] for): νόμου, τῶν πατρικῶν παραδόσεων, τῶν αἰγυπτιακων πλασματων, [[Philo]], vit. Moys. iii. § 19; τῆς ἀρχαίας καί σώφρονος ἀγωγης, Diodorus excerpt., p. 611 (from 50:37, vol. 2:564 Didot)); [[with]] the genitive of [[person]]: Θεοῦ, [[intent]] on [[protecting]] the [[majesty]] and [[authority]] of God by contending for the Mosaic [[law]], an [[emulator]], [[admirer]], [[imitator]], [[follower]] of anyone.)