noun · feminine
zōnas
Strong’sG2223
a girdle, belt, purse
stem zōn-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ζώνη, -ης, ἡ
(ζώννυμι) [in LXX for אַבְנֵט, חֲגוֹרָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2223 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzo'-nay
a belt; by implication, a pocket
Fromprobably akin to the base of G2218;
King Jamesgirdle, purse.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ζώννυμι) belt, girdle:
I properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ Refs 8th c.BC+ —Phrases:
I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα Refs, absolutely, of marriage, Refs 5th c.BC+; of sexual intercourse, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, Refs 4th c.BC+; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος Refs 4th c.BC+; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς.. ζώνη; Refs 5th c.BC+; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, Refs
I.3 proverbial, εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given for girdle-money (as we should say, pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, Refs 5th c.BC+
II man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. Refs 4th c.BC+; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b belt used as a purse, NT+1st c.AD+
II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [Refs 6th c.BC+; ={ἀξίωμα}, Refs; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, Refs 6th c.AD+
III anything that goes round like a belt, Refs 1st c.AD+; of the girdle of ocean, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, Refs 1st c.BC+
III.2.b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.2.c Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III.3 in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα, frieze, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.4 Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.Refs
III.5 stripes on fish, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, Refs 5th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | zōnas1×ζώνη | zōnais |
| object accusative | zōnan5×ζώνην | zōnain2×ζώνας |
| direct address vocative | zōnar | zōnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | zōnau | zōnaiu |
| to, for dative | zōna | zōnai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
zōna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
zōnas“belt”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 21:11… hagiem Ton andron hou atō tas zōnas houtas, houtōs dali en Ierousalēm tois …… will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the …
zōnan“belt”objectaccusative singular5×
Matthew 3:4… endumem autou apo trichaiu kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, tas …… of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was …
Mark 1:6… tos Iōannos enduorēntos trichain kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, kai …… in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was …
Mark 6:8… arton, mē pēran, mē eis tan zōnan chalkon,… no bag, no money in their belts —
Acts 21:11… ercharantos pros nin kai airarantos tan zōnan tou Paulou darantos heautou toin podoin …… over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands …
Revelation 1:13… podēron kai perizōnorēnton pros toi mastoi zōnan chrusouan;… a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
zōnain“belts”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 10:9… mēde arguron mēde chalkon eis tain zōnain vu,… or silver or copper in your belts.
Revelation 15:6… lamprem kai perizōnorēntois peri teim stētheim zōnain chrusouain.… bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.