Zealot

ζηλωτής, -οῦ, ὁ (ζηλόω), [in LXX for קַנָּא (θεὸς ζ.), Exo.20:5 34:14, Deu.4:24 5:9 6:15; קַנּוֹא, Nam.1:2 (θεός); pl., I Est.8:72; ζ. τῶν νόμων, 2Ma.4:2;τὸν ζ. Φινεές, 4Ma.18:12 (cf. Num.25:11)* ;] __1. in cl. an emulator, zealous admirer (Plat., al.). __2. eagerly desirous, zealous; __(a) absol., as in OT, ll. with; __(b) with genitive obj.: (zealous to acquire or to defend), 1Co.14:12, Tit.2:14, 1Pe.3:13; τ. νόμου (2Mac, l.with), Act.21:20; παραδόσεων, Gal.1:14; with genitive of person(s), θεοῦ, Act.22:3. __3. In FlJ, NT, a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Luk.6:15, Act.1:13.† (AS)

Ζηλωτής In FlJ, NT, a Zealot, member of the Jewish party so called: as surname of the Apostle Simon, Luk.6:15, Act.1:13.† (AS)

Καναναῖος, -ου, ὁ (late Heb. קָנָא), a Cananæan or Zealot (cf. ζηλωτής): Mat.10:4, Mrk.3:18 (Rec. -νίτης).† (AS)

pr. a generous rival, an imitator; in N.T., an aspirant, 1 Co. 14.12. Tit. 2.14; a devoted adherent, a zealot, Ac. 21.20; 22.3. Gal. 1.14.

jealous

jealous or angry

to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious