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Outline

1. one burning with zeal, a zealot
2. used of God as jealous of any rival and sternly vindicating his control
3. most eagerly desirous of, zealous for, a thing
1. to acquire a thing, (zealous of)
2. to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently contending for a thing
3. From the time of the Maccabees there existed among the Jews a class of men, called Zealots, who vigorously adhered to the Mosaic law and endeavored—even by a resort to violence, after the example of Phinehas—to prevent religion from being violated by others. In the latter days of the Jewish commonwealth they used their holy zeal as a pretext for the basest crimes.