Acts 21:20:22Acts.21.20.W22TAB
ζηλωταὶ
dzêlōtai
“zealots”
- Transliteration
- dzê-lō-TAI
- Extended
- dzeh-LOH-TAI
- IPA
- /dzɛː.lɔːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- zealots
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-lō-TAI
- sentence
hoi de a-KOU-san-tes e-DO-ksa-zon ton the-ON ei-PON te au-TOI the-ō-REIS a-del-PHE PO-sai my-RI-a-des ei-SIN en tois i-ou-dai-OIS tôn pe-pis-teu-KO-ton kai PAN-tes dzê-lō-TAI tou NO-mou hy-PAR-khou-sin
Exegesis
The coordinated clause kaí pántes zēlōtaí toû nómou hypárchousin {καὶ πάντες ζηλωταὶ τοῦ νόμου ὑπάρχουσιν | kaí pántes zēlōtaí toû nómou hypárchousin} uses pantes as the subject with hyparchousin as an existential verb, affirming that all in that group are “zealous for the law.” In translation, the participial clause is rendered as a temporal clause, and the existential statement is conveyed as “are,” preserving both temporal nuance and emphatic universal zeal.
Root and etymology
Rootzeta–eta–lambda–omicron–omega
“to be zealous, to be eager, to be jealous”
In context — Acts 21:20
But when they heard this, they were glorifying God , and they said to him, “Brother, you see how many myriads of Jews have believed, and all are zealous for the law.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:20:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 21:20, so the Greek word ζηλωταὶ (dzêlōtai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.21.20.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.20.W22.S1) and character.