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Lexicon :: Strong's G2223 - zōnē

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ζώνη
Transliteration
zōnē (Key)
Pronunciation
dzo'-nay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to the base of ζυγός (G2218)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:302,702

Strong’s Definitions

ζώνη zṓnē, dzo'-nay; probably akin to the base of G2218; a belt; by implication, a pocket:—girdle, purse.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2223 in the following manner: girdle (6x), purse (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2223 in the following manner: girdle (6x), purse (2x).
  1. a girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing garments but also, since it was hollow, to carry money in

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζώνη zṓnē, dzo'-nay; probably akin to the base of G2218; a belt; by implication, a pocket:—girdle, purse.
STRONGS G2223:
ζώνη, -ης, , (ζώννυμι, [from Homer down], a girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing garments, Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6; Acts 21:11; Revelation 1:13; Revelation 15:6; but also, since it was hollow, to carry money in [A. V. purse]: Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8; Plutarch, mor., p. 665 b. quaest. conviv. 4:2, 3, 2; "argentum in zonis habentes," Livy 33, 29. [B. D. under the word Girdle.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:4; 10:9
Mark
1:6; 6:8
Acts
21:11
Revelation
1:13; 15:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2223 matches the Greek ζώνη (zōnē),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - “You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:40 - “For Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13 - And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:4 - He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[fn] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[fn] on the belt around his[fn] waist and on the sandals on his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - They answered him, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out and were drawn up at the border.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:19 - May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Instead of perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11 - And behold, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, “I have done as you commanded me.”
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