Strong G2223ζώνη
belt/sash/girdle
- Transliteration
- zōnē
- Pronunciation
- dzo'-nay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably akin to the base of G2218; a belt; by implication a pocket: - girdle purse.
Detailed definition
ζώνη, -ης, ἡ
(ζώννυμι) [in LXX for אַבְנֵט, חֲגוֹר, etc.;]
a belt, girdle: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6, Act.21:11, Rev.1:13 15:6; as a receptacle for money, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8.†
(AS)
(ζώννυμι) [in LXX for אַבְנֵט, חֲגוֹר, etc.;]
a belt, girdle: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6, Act.21:11, Rev.1:13 15:6; as a receptacle for money, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2223 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- girdle5
- purse2
- with1
First verses
- Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Matthew 10:9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Mark 6:8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Acts 21:11And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
- Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- Revelation 15:6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ζών-η, ἡ,
(ζώννυμι) belt, girdle:
I properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.231, 10.544, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.181, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51, etc.)] —Phrases:
I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245, compare “Lyric poetry” “Alex.Adesp.” 11.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 15)]:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.324 (hence ζώνη)], absolutely, of marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 204 (Lyric poetry))]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.6): but also,)]
I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 67)]; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 209, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.56; so ζώναν κατατίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.39.)]
I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.120; ζ. ἀναλύεσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 237.)]
I.2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1000)]; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς.. ζώνη; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 608; τοῦτον.. ἔφερον ζώνης ὕπο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 762)]; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, [Refs (hymnus ad Venerem 255.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.9; ἣν [χώραν] καλεῖν.. ζ. τῆς βασιλέως γυναικός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.123b.)]
II man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b24)]; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, 4.7.16, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 39a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c.)]
II.b belt used as a purse, [NT+1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 127.32(1st c.AD), NT.Matt.10.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.665b; ζ. χρυσίον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 31.)]
II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.479 (misunderstood by 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.17.3), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.234, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 168.28, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (also explained as ={ὀσφύς}).)]
II.3 = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Demodocus Lyricus] 5)]; ={ἀξίωμα}, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anonymus cited in [same work]see {αὐθεντήσαντα},compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.5.12.6, 11, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Edict.” 13.26, “PLond.” 5.1680.21 (6th c.AD).)]
III anything that goes round like a belt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.935a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 3)]; of the girdle of ocean, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 69.)]
III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Stoic. 2.195, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.2.2, “Placita Philosophorum” 2.12.1 (_plural_), etc.)]; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.24, 1.4.6.)]
III.2.b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 26.18, “Corpus Hermeticum” 1.25.)]
III.2.c Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Tetrabiblon” 186.)]
III.3 in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα, frieze, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.10.5.)]
III.4 Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.[Refs (63, 247; compare ζωστήρ 111.3.)]
III.5 stripes on fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.28, +others)]
IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 96, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.494S.)]
(ζώννυμι) belt, girdle:
I properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.231, 10.544, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.181, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51, etc.)] —Phrases:
I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245, compare “Lyric poetry” “Alex.Adesp.” 11.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 15)]:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.324 (hence ζώνη)], absolutely, of marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 204 (Lyric poetry))]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.6): but also,)]
I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 67)]; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 209, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.56; so ζώναν κατατίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.39.)]
I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.120; ζ. ἀναλύεσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 237.)]
I.2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1000)]; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς.. ζώνη; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 608; τοῦτον.. ἔφερον ζώνης ὕπο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 762)]; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, [Refs (hymnus ad Venerem 255.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.9; ἣν [χώραν] καλεῖν.. ζ. τῆς βασιλέως γυναικός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.123b.)]
II man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b24)]; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, 4.7.16, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 39a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c.)]
II.b belt used as a purse, [NT+1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 127.32(1st c.AD), NT.Matt.10.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.665b; ζ. χρυσίον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 31.)]
II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.479 (misunderstood by 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.17.3), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.234, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 168.28, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (also explained as ={ὀσφύς}).)]
II.3 = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Demodocus Lyricus] 5)]; ={ἀξίωμα}, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anonymus cited in [same work]see {αὐθεντήσαντα},compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.5.12.6, 11, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Edict.” 13.26, “PLond.” 5.1680.21 (6th c.AD).)]
III anything that goes round like a belt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.935a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 3)]; of the girdle of ocean, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 69.)]
III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Stoic. 2.195, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.2.2, “Placita Philosophorum” 2.12.1 (_plural_), etc.)]; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.24, 1.4.6.)]
III.2.b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 26.18, “Corpus Hermeticum” 1.25.)]
III.2.c Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Tetrabiblon” 186.)]
III.3 in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα, frieze, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.10.5.)]
III.4 Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.[Refs (63, 247; compare ζωστήρ 111.3.)]
III.5 stripes on fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.28, +others)]
IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 96, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.494S.)]