Zealot (Gr. z’lí‡tes, “the full of zeal”, “the patriot”). The word z’lí‡tes appears several times in the NT in an encomiastic sense, meaning “jealous” or “anxious” (Acts 21:20; 22:3; Gal. 1:14; etc.). But the term is better known because it serves to distinguish Simon, one of the disciples of Jesus Christ (Luk 6:15; Act 1:13), from Simon Peter. The Zealots at the time of the Jewish-Roman War (AD 66-73) were members of a Jewish nationalist party that was primarily in harmony with the Pharisees, although politics was their primary concern. The group would have been founded, according to Josephus, by Judas of Galilee, in opposition to the census taken under Quirinus in 6 or 7 AD (Act 5:37). Over time they became fanatical Jewish resistance fighters against the Romans (extremist fanatics of Judaism); but in the end they were only murderers, and that is why they were called sicarios, that is, “cutters” (or “men with the dagger”). Some believe that the “zealots” of Jesus’ day belonged to this party; Others maintain that this name was not yet applied to the party, but rather was an adjective to designate those who were extremely zealous in observing the law, without necessarily belonging to any organized group. If Simon was part of the party later called “zealots” before he became a disciple of Jesus, he could not have continued to belong to it after beginning to work as one of the Master’s closest followers. In the list of disciples given by Matthew and Mark (Mar 3:18; Mat_10 4), Simon is called the “Canaanist”* (KJV), the Aramaic equivalent of Zealot. Bib.: FJ-AJ xviii.1.1, 6; FJ-GJ ii.8.1; iv.3.9- vii.8.1.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Greek, jealous. Militant of a party of revolutionary anti-Roman Jewish fanatics in the 1st century. The party, founded by Judas of Galilee, was the greatest exponent of the popular party of the Pharisees in opposition to the peaceful supporters of Hil.lel de Piratón and the aristocracy Sadducee excluded from the political struggle. According to Judas’s rebellion, Roman rule was a crime against God, and exerted its influence until the year 66 when the first Jewish war began, which would end in the year 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem. The Zealots did not assume supreme command until the end of the war. In those years his orgies were bloody.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(gr., zealots, someone jealous).
Member of a Jewish patriotic party that began in the time of Quirinius to resist Roman oppression. According to Josephus (Wars 4.3.9; 5.1; 7.8.1), the Zealots resorted to violence and murder in their hatred of the Romans, their fanatical violence eventually sparking Roman war. Simon the Zealot distinguished himself with that epithet from Simon Peter (Luk 6:15; Act 1:13).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Jewish sect of the first century of the Christian era. The term is used to identify the members of a political-religious and combatant association. This group was involved in acts of terrorism and guerrilla activities. Some have pointed out their similarity in theological aspects with the Pharisees. His nationalist fanaticism and his opposition to the Roman occupation have also been noted. One possible relationship is that of them with the community of ® QUMRí N.
Source: Dictionary of Religions Denominations and Sects
See JEWISH SECTS.
Source: Archaeological Biblical Dictionary
(jealous).
Member of a Jewish party that was formed to resist Roman aggression; they were violent and fanatical.
– Simon the Zetotes was an Apostle of Jesus Christ, Luke 6:15, Acts 1:13.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Full of zeal). Nickname of one of the apostles, called Simon (Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13). Only Luke uses the term in this way. Josephus is the one who gives more news about the Z., who formed a radically nationalist sect and self-proclaimed defender of virtue and religion, for which they were willing to reach acts of violence. In the year 66 AD they participated in the revolt against the Romans, and came to seize the †¢temple. A Jewish tradition compares the z. with the act performed by † ¢ Phinehas, who † “was jealous for his God and made atonement for the children of Israel † by spearing an Israelite and a Midianite woman who had been sexually united (Num 25:1-13). Josephus, who was a Jewish general who defected to the Romans, did not like to use the name that the z. they gave themselves away, but he mostly called them “bandits” or “hit men” and blamed them for the disaster that befell Jerusalem with its destruction by Titus’s order. †¢Simon. †¢Hitmen.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
vet, = “one who is zealous”. Transcription Gr. from the term aram. “kan’ân”. Member of a party of Jewish patriots (Wars 4:3, 9; 7:8, 1). Due to this qualifier he was distinguished between Simon Peter and Simon the Zealot (Lk. 6:15; Acts 1:13). Judas the Galileo created this party at the time of Cirenio in order to face the Romans. It finally degenerated into an organization of assassins, the sicarios (Ant. 18:1,1 and 6; Wars 2:8, 1; 17:8; 4:3, 9 ss.). The fanaticism of the Zealots helped trigger the war between the Jews and the Romans.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
The New Testament does not speak of the Zealots, but Flavius Josephus and other testimonies do. It seems that they were rigorous in their morals and fanatical in their hatred of foreigners. And it is almost certain that some of them became “hit men” for carrying a dagger and committing assassinations of adversaries whenever they could.
The fact of calling Judas Zelotes or jealous on two occasions (Mt. 10 4; Mc 3. 18) and his equivalent Tadeo or Lebeo (Lk. 6.15. Acts 1.13) gave rise to suspect that this apostle belonged to this abundant group in Galilee. But nothing supports such thesis, although it is not rejectable either.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
The Zealots, more than an organized party, was an extremist movement in opposition to the Romans. The census of the Legate of Syria, Quirino, between the years 6-7 of Jesus Christ, provoked a wave of indignation and resistance in Palestine. Riots broke out in different parts. Two characters, Zadok (a Pharisee) and Judas of Gamala (a Galilean), galvanized this exaltation of the national spirit, gathered around themselves large groups of Jews and declared open and merciless war against the Romans. Thus was born the movement of the Zealots. Harshly repressed by the Romans and the organization disrupted, they lived in hiding. Exalted nationalists, without their own religious ideology, were the main causes of the two great national catastrophes that ended with the Jewish nation and homeland. The apostle Simon was a zealot (Lk 6,15). ->context; religious groups.
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FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
zealots (zhlwthv”, 2208), see JEALOUS, C.
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary