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Ζηλωτής (Zelotes)

Ζηλωτής means “Zelotes — emulator, zealous admirer; follower; champion”.

Ancient Greek word, found once in the texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Luke 6.15: καὶ Μαθθαῖον καὶ Θωμᾶν [καὶ] Ἰάκωβον Ἁλφαίου καὶ Σίμωνα τὸν καλούμενον Ζηλωτὴν

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.