ζῷον zōon

Greek word for “living thing” · Strong’s G2226 · used 23 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

ζῷον (Rec. ζῶον, see LS, see word), -ου, τό;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zōon in context, with how often each is used:

• living creatures 13
• living creature 7
• animals 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 6 (5), Revelation 4 (4), Revelation 5 (4), Hebrews 13 (1), 2 Peter 2 (1), Jude 1 (1), Revelation 7 (1), Revelation 14 (1), Revelation 15 (1), Revelation 19 (1)

Forms

• ζῴων 8
• ζῷα 8
• ζῷον 4
• ζῴου 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zōon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• τέσσαρες tessares “four” 11
• θρόνος thronos “throne” 7
• πρεσβύτερος presbuteros “elder” 7
• γέμω gemō “be full” 4
• σφραγίς sphragis “seal” 4
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 8
• ὅτε hote “when” 5
• κύκλῳ kuklō “surrounding” 3
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 4
• πίπτω piptō “to collapse” 4
• ἐνώπιον enōpion “before” 4
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 6

Key verses

The verses using zōon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Hebrews 13:11 — For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
• 2 Peter 2:12 — But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own…
• Revelation 4:6 — And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes…
• Revelation 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord…
• Revelation 4:9 — And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
• Revelation 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns…
• Revelation 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of…
• Revelation 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten…
• Revelation 6:1 — And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
• Revelation 7:11 — And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
• Revelation 14:3 — And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty…
• Revelation 19:4 — And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.