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Gothic
Romanization
zēlōtēs
- Romanization of 𐌶𐌴𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌴𐍃
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs).
Pronunciation
Noun
zēlōtēs m (genitive zēlōtae); first declension
- a person who loves with jealousy; a jealous person
- a zealot or one who is zealous for a cause
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Exodus.20.5:
- Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.
- Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
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