[Kananites ( KananaiÛov )] so called, not from being a native of Canaan, [Chanaan ( Xana/an )] which would have been [Chananaos] but from the Hebrew Kana, to be zealous, whence he is called in Greek [Zelotes ( Zhlwth/v )] Zelotes, or the Zealot, from [zeloo ( zhlo/w )] to be zealous.