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 of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest—of these the bodies are burned without the camp.2 Peter 2:12 · ζῷαand these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed—in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil—in their destruction shall be destroyed,Jude 1:10 · ζῷαand these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;Revelation 4:6 · ζῷαand before the throne is a sea of glass like to crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind;Revelation 4:7 · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷον · ζῷονand the first living creature is like a lion, and the second living creature is like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature is like an eagle flying.Revelation 4:8 · ζῷα,And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within are full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;’Revelation 4:9 · ζῷαand when the living creatures do give glory, and honour, and thanks, to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages,Revelation 5:6 · ζῴωνand I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,Revelation 5:8 · ζῷαAnd when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints,Revelation 5:11 · ζῴωνAnd I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders—and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands—Revelation 5:14 · ζῷαand the four living creatures said, ‘Amen!’ and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.Revelation 6:1 · ζῴωνAnd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as it were a voice of thunder, ‘Come and behold!’Revelation 6:3 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come and behold!’Revelation 6:5 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, ‘Come and behold!’ and I saw, and lo, a black horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a balance in his hand,Revelation 6:6 · ζῴωνand I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A measure of wheat for a denary, and three measures of barley for a denary,’ and ‘The oil and the wine thou mayest not injure.’Revelation 6:7 · ζῴουAnd when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and behold!’Revelation 7:11 · ζῴωνAnd all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before 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 one was able to learn the song except the hundred forty-four thousands, who have been bought from the earth;Revelation 15:7 · ζῴωνand one of the four living creatures did give to the seven messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the ages;Revelation 19:4 · ζῷα,And fall down did the elders—the twenty and four—and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, ‘Amen, Alleluia.’