{"def":{"short":"a Zealot, i.e., (specially) partisan for Jewish political independence","long":["one burning with zeal, a zealot","used of God as jealous of any rival and sternly vindicating his control","most eagerly desirous of, zealous for, a thing",["to acquire a thing, (zealous of)","to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently contending for a thing"]]},"deriv":"the same as G2207","pronun":{"ipa":"ze.loˈtes","ipa_mod":"ze̞.lowˈte̞s","sbl":"zēlōtēs","dic":"zay-loh-TASE","dic_mod":"zay-loh-TASE"},"see":["G2207"],"comment":"From the time of the Maccabees, there existed among the Jews a class of men called Zealots, who vigorously adhered to the Mosaic law and endeavoring even by a resort to violence, after the example of Phinehas, to prevent religion from being violated by others; but in the latter days of the Jewish commonwealth they used their holy zeal as a pretext for the basest crimes."}