Living thing
ζῷονStrong’s G2226zōon
Appears in 20 verses of the New Testament
In short
Zōon is the Greek word usually translated “living creatures”, “living creature” and “animals”. It appears in 20 verses of the New Testament.
“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 corruption;”
Meaning
Usually translated “living creatures”, “living creature” and “animals”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- living creatures 13
- living creature 7
- animals 2
- of animals 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 17
- Hebrews 1
- 2 Peter 1
- Jude 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:10In contextBut these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
- Hebrews 13:11For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
- Revelation 4:6And 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 before and behind.
- Revelation 4:7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
- Revelation 4:8And 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 God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
- Revelation 4:9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Greek dictionary
ζῷον zōon · living thing
ζῷον (Rec. ζῶον, see LS, see word), -ου, τό (ζωός, alive), [in LXX for חַי (chiefly) and cognate forms; frequently in Wis ;] a living creature, an animal: Rev.4:6-9 5:6 ff. Rev.6:1 ff. Rev.7:11 14:3 15:7 19:4; ζῴων τ. αἷμα, Heb.13:11; ἄλογα ζ., 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10.† SYN.: θηρίον, in which the brutal, bestial element is emphasized, and which is never used of sacrificial animals. On the other hand, ζ. is the more comprehensive, as expressing the vital element common to the whole anima] creation (see Tr., Syn., LXXxi; Cremer, 274). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “animal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'IMAL, noun
[Latin animal from anima, air, breath, soul.]
All definitions and other forms of “animal”
AN'IMAL, adjective
That belongs or relates to animals; as animal functions.
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.