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ζηλ-ωτής

zelotes · ὁ

emulator, zealous admirer

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Where it lives

  • Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
  • Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
  • 1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
  • Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
  • Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
  • Acts 3 · 1.67/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
  • Deuteronomium 3 · 1.34/10k
  • Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
  • Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
  • Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
  • Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

emulator, zealous admirer, follower, champion

emulator, zealous admirer or follower, μιμητὴς καὶ ζ. τῆς πατρῴας ἀρετῆς Isoc. 1.11; ζ. καὶ ἐρασταὶ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων παιδείας Pl. Prt. 343a; τῆς ἡλικίας τοῦ μειρακίου Aeschin. 2.166; τῶν καλῶν βουλευμάτων ib. 171; τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως SIG 675.27 (Oropus, ii B.C.); μαθήσεως Phld. Rh. 2.262S.; πνευμάτων 1 Ep.Cor. 14.12; τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν μαρτυρουμένων IG 7.2712.99 (Acraephiae): c. gen. pers., τοῦ Διός Muson. Fr. 8p.37H.; τῶ πράτω θεῶ Sthenid. ap. Stob. 4.7.63 (nom.sg. ζηλωτάς codd.); Θου

2 jealous

jealous, θεὸς ζ. LXX Ex. 20.5.

II zealot

zealot, used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος, Ev.Luc. 6.15, Act.Ap. 1.13, J. BJ 4.3.9; τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν Id. AJ 12.6.2; τῶν νόμων LXX 2 Ma. 4.2.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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