Belt/sash/girdle
ζώνηStrong’s G2223zōnē
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Zōnē is the Greek word usually translated “belt”, “belts” and “sash”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “belt”, “belts” and “sash”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- belt 3
- a belt 2
- belts 1
- with a sash 1
- sashes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Revelation 2
- Acts 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ζώνη zōnē · belt/sash/girdle
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “belt” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BELT, noun
[Latin balteus.]
- A girdle; a band, usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung.
- A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic, usually called the Great belt The Lesser belt is the passage between the isle of Funen, and the coast of Jutland.
- A bandage or band used by surgeons for various purposes.
- In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts.
All definitions and other forms of “belt”
- A disease among sheep, cured by cutting off the tail, laying the sore bare, then casting mold on it, and applying tar and goose grease.
BELT, verb transitive
To encircle.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.