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Zealots
... They were afterwards called Sicarii, from their use of the sica, ie, the Roman
dagger. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZEALOT; ZEALOTS. ...
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Zealot (4 Occurrences)
... The Zealots were a faction, headed by Judas of Galilee, who "in the days of the
enrollment" (compare Acts 5:37 Luke 2:1, 2) bitterly opposed the threatened ...
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Canaanite (74 Occurrences)
... but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Kanenyeh
(RV rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots...
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Josephus
... Annas, the high priest (62). Accordingly, the Zealots (see ZEALOTS) plotted
against Roman rule. Rebellion simmered, and many of ...
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Flavius
... Annas, the high priest (62). Accordingly, the Zealots (see ZEALOTS) plotted
against Roman rule. Rebellion simmered, and many of ...
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Cananaean (2 Occurrences)
... The Zealots were a faction, headed by Judas of Galilee, who "in the days of the
enrollment" (compare Acts 5:37 Luke 2:1, 2) bitterly opposed the threatened ...
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Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... of Jewish War: With the outbreak of the Jewish war, the Sadducees with their allies
the Herodians were driven into the background by the Zealots, John of ...
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Pharisees (86 Occurrences)
... idolatrous Romans. As is not infrequently the case with religious zealots,
their valor was associated with a mystic fanaticism. The ...
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Zealous (40 Occurrences)

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Zelotes (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Luke 6:15). See SIMON; ZEALOTS. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. ZELOTES. ze-lo'-tez (Zelotes). See SIMON THE ZEALOT; ZEALOT. ...
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Greek

914. Barachias -- Barachiah, the father of a man killed in the ...
... bar-akh-ee'-as) Short Definition: Barachiah Definition: Barachiah; his identity
is uncertain, perhaps father of the Zechariah killed by the Zealots in the last ...
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5344. Phelix -- "fortunate," Felix, a governor of Judea
... For example, he methodically hunted down the leaders of the Zealots to severely
punish them, as well as any Jewish group he considered "seditious" (Ac 21:38). ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZEALOT; ZEALOTS

zel'-ut, zel'-uts: Simon, one of the apostles, was called "the Zealot" Zelotes from zeloo "to rival," "emulate," "be jealous," "admire," "desire greatly," Luke 6:15 Acts 1:13, the King James Version "Zelotes"). In Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18 he is called "the Cananean" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; not "the Canaanite," as the King James Version says, following inferior manuscripts), ho Kananaios. From the time of the Maccabees there existed among the Jews a party who professed great zeal for the observance of the "law." According to Josephus (BJ, IV, iii, 9; v, 1; VII, viii, 1) they resorted to violence and assassination in their hatred of the foreigner, being at many points similar to the Chinese Boxers. It is not improbable that the "Assassins" (see ASSASSINS) of Acts 21:38 were identical, or at least closely associated, with this body of "Zealots," to which we must conclude that Simon had belonged before he became one of the Twelve.

See , further, SIMON THE ZEALOT.

William Arthur Heidel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, on the ground that this was a violation of the principle that God was the only king of Israel. They rebelled against the Romans, but were soon scattered, and became a lawless band of mere brigands. They were afterwards called Sicarii, from their use of the sica, i.e., the Roman dagger.