Wazeloti (yaani "Wenye ari") walikuwa Wayahudi wa karne ya 1 BK (6-73 hivi) waliopigania uhuru wa nchi yao kutoka utawala wa Warumi. Walianzishwa na Yuda Mgalilaya na kukoma katika vita vya kwanza vya Kiyahudi. Maarufu kati yao ni Mtume Simoni (Lk 6:15; Mdo 1:13). The term "zealot", the common translation of the Hebrew kanai (קנאי, frequently used in plural form, קנאים, kana'im), means one who is zealous on behalf of God. The term derives from Greek ζηλωτής (zelotes), "emulator, zealous admirer or follower". Zealot, Online Etymology Dictionary Zelotes, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus Josephus, Antiquities Book XVIII.