ζηλ-ωτής, οῦ, ὁ,
emulator, zealous admirer or follower, μιμητὴς καὶ ζ. τῆς πατρῴας ἀρετῆς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.11; ζ. καὶ ἐρασταὶ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων παιδείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343a; τῆς ἡλικίας τοῦ μειρακίου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.166; τῶν καλῶν βουλευμάτων [prev. work]171; τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως “SIG” 675.27 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαθήσεως [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.262S.; πνευμάτων NT.1Cor.14.12; τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν μαρτυρουμένων “IG” 7.2712.99 (from Acraephiae): with _genitive_ _person_, τοῦ Διός 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 8p.37H.; τῶ πράτω θεῶ Sthenidas Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.7.63 (_nominative_ _sing._ ζηλωτάς codices)] NT+1st c.BC+]; Θουκυδίδου, Ἀντισθένους, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 15, “Herm.” 14 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; perhaps champion, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 70G. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 jealous, θεὸς ζ. [[ LXX.Exo.20.5. ] LXX]
__II zealot, used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος, [[ NT.Luke.6.15, NT.Act.1.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.9; τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν [prev. author] “AJ” 12.6.2; τῶν νόμων LXX.2Mac.4.2. ] NT+1st c.AD+]