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 holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.2 Peter 2:12 · ζῷαBut these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,Jude 1:10 · ζῷαBut these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.Revelation 4:6 · ζῷαand before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.Revelation 4:7 · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷονAnd the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.Revelation 4:8 · ζῷα,And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.Revelation 4:9 · ζῷαAnd when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,Revelation 5:6 · ζῴωνAnd I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though 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 living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Revelation 5:11 · ζῴωνAnd I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Revelation 5:14 · ζῷαAnd the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.Revelation 6:1 · ζῴωνAnd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.Revelation 6:3 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.Revelation 6:5 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand.Revelation 6:6 · ζῴωνAnd I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.Revelation 6:7 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.Revelation 7:11 · ζῴωνAnd all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,Revelation 14:3 · ζῴωνand they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.Revelation 15:7 · ζῴωνAnd one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls 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 living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.