Definition
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: Revelation 4:6-9; 5:6 ff. Revelation 6:1 ff. Revelation 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4; ζῴων τ. αἷμα, Hebrews 13:11; ἄλογα ζ., 2 Peter 2:12, Jude 10.
Synonyms: 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).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ζῷον:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
23 total
- Hebrews 13:11ζῴων · of animalsAlthough the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
- 2 Peter 2:12ζῷα · animalsThese men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- Jude 1:10ζῷα · animalsThese men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Revelation 4:6ζῷα · living creaturesAnd before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Revelation 4:7ζῷον · living creature; ζῷον; ζῷον; ζῷονThe first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
- Revelation 4:8ζῷα · living creaturesAnd each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Revelation 4:9ζῷα · living creaturesAnd whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
- Revelation 5:6ζῴων · living creaturesThen I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:8ζῷα · living creaturesWhen He had taken the scroll, 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 the saints.
- Revelation 5:11ζῴων · living creaturesThen I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Revelation 5:14ζῷα · living creaturesAnd the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
- Revelation 6:1ζῴων · living creaturesThen I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
- Revelation 6:3ζῴου · living creatureAnd when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
- Revelation 6:5ζῴου · living creatureAnd when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
- Revelation 6:6ζῴων · living creaturesAnd I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
- Revelation 6:7ζῴου · living creatureAnd when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
- Revelation 7:11ζῴων · living creaturesAnd all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
- Revelation 14:3ζῴων · living creaturesAnd they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
- Revelation 15:7ζῴων · living creaturesThen one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
- Revelation 19:4ζῷα · living creaturesAnd the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”