ζώνη
zṓnē · G2223 · Greek · 8 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Bag, sack, money bag, pursePersonal45 verses
- Waistband, sash, beltClothing34 verses
Meanings
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belt, girdle
A band of leather or cloth worn around the waist outside of one’s clothing
ExamplesMatthew 3:4 Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 10:9 “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,
Mark 1:6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 1
- σύyou 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- δερμάτινοςleather 2
- χρύσεοςgolden 2
- οὗτοςthis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- περιζώννυμιto gird oneself 2
- αἴρωto take up, to take away, to carry 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἸωάννηςJohn 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- אַבְנֵט ʼabnêṭ · H73 · sash
- אַבְנֵט (ʼabnêṭ, H73) is the Hebrew term for a sash or girdle worn by priests (Exodus 28:4, 39:29), while ζώνη (zṓnē, G2223) is the Greek equivalent denoting a belt or girdle more broadly, including both priestly and common usage contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Belt, girdle6.178
- In Mark 1:6, of John the Baptist it is written, “John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist,” naming this article of clothing worn at the waist.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ζώνης, ἡ (ζώννυμι (from Homer down), a girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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