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Lexicon :: Strong's G2226 - zōon

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ζῷον
Transliteration
zōon (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of a derivative of ζάω (G2198)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:873,290

Strong’s Definitions

†ζῶον zōon, dzo'-on; neuter of a derivative of G2198; a live thing, i.e. an animal:—beast.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2226 in the following manner: beast (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G2226 in the following manner: beast (23x).

  1. a living being

  2. an animal, brute, beast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ζῶον zōon, dzo'-on; neuter of a derivative of G2198; a live thing, i.e. an animal:—beast.
STRONGS G2226:
ζῶον [or ζῷον (so L WH uniformly, Treg. in Hebrews and Revelations; see Etym. Magn. 413, 24, and references under the word Ι, ι)], -ου, τό, (ζωός alive);
1. a living being.
2. an animal, brute, beast: Hebrews 13:11; 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 1:10; Revelation 4:6-9 [on Revelation 4:8 cf. Buttmann, 130 (114)], etc.
[Synonyms: ζῶον differs from θηρίον (at least etymologically; but cf. Schmidt as below) in giving prominence to the vital element, while θηρίον emphasizes the bestial element. Hence, in Revelation as above ζ. is fitly rendered living creature in contradistinction to the θηρίον beast, cf. Revelation 11:7; Revelation 13:1, etc. See Trench § 81; Schmidt 2, chapter 70.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
13:11
2 Peter
2:12
Jude
1:10
Revelation
4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 11:7; 13:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2226 matches the Greek ζῷον (zōon),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:11 - The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10 - Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:6 - Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:7 - The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:8 - Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’[fn] who was, and is, and is to come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:9 - Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:6 - Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[fn] of God sent out into all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:8 - And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:11 - Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:14 - The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:1 - I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:3 - When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:5 - When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds[fn] of wheat for a day’s wages,[fn] and six pounds[fn] of barley for a day’s wages,[fn] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:7 - When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:11 - All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3 - And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:7 - Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:4 - The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
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