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)
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G2226 — ζῷον
zōon · living thing · Greek
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Hebrews 13:11 · ζῴωνFor the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.2 Peter 2:12 · ζῷαBut 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;Jude 1:10 · ζῷαBut these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.Revelation 4:6 · ζῷαAnd 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 4:7 · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷονAnd 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 4:8 · ζῷα,And 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 4:9 · ζῷαAnd when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,Revelation 5:6 · ζῴωνAnd I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Revelation 5:8 · ζῷαAnd when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.Revelation 5:11 · ζῴωνAnd I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Revelation 5:14 · ζῷαAnd the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.Revelation 6:1 · ζῴωνAnd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.Revelation 6:3 · ζῴουAnd when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.Revelation 6:5 · ζῴουAnd when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.Revelation 6:6 · ζῴωνAnd I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.Revelation 6:7 · ζῴουAnd when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.Revelation 7:11 · ζῴωνAnd all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,Revelation 14:3 · ζῴωνAnd they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.Revelation 15:7 · ζῴωνAnd one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.Revelation 19:4 · ζῷα,And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.