What does ζώνη (zṓnē) mean in the Bible?
ζώνη (zṓnē) is a Greek word meaning "a belt; by implication, a pocket".
Greek · G2223
ζώνη
A belt; by implication, a pocket
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ζώνη G2223
Pronunciation zṓnē
What does ζώνη (zṓnē) mean in the Bible?
ζώνη (zṓnē) is a Greek word meaning "a belt; by implication, a pocket".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2223?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include belt (4), belts (2), sash (1), sashes (1).
Where does ζώνη (zṓnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Mark (2), Matthew (2), Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It belt 4× Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Acts 21:11
belts 2× Matthew 10:9, Mark 6:8
sash 1× Revelation 1:13
sashes 1× Revelation 15:6
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:4 ζώνην to belt Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 10:9 ζώνας to belts Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Mark 1:6 ζώνην to belt Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 6:8 ζώνην to belts Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 21:11 ζώνην to belt Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 21:11 ζώνη to belt Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 1:13 ζώνην to sash Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 15:6 ζώνας to sashes Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:4
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Acts 2 Revelation 2
Source forms
ζώνην 5x zōnēn Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Mark 6:8, Acts 21:11
ζώνας 2x zōnas Matthew 10:9, Revelation 15:6
ζώνη 1x zōnē Acts 21:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Mark 6:8, Acts 21:11
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 10:9, Revelation 15:6
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 21:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a belt; by implication, a pocket
Strong's G2223
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a belt; by implication, a pocket
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ζώνην zwnhn
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Matthew 10:9 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ζώνας zwnav
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Mark 1:6 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ζώνην zwnhn
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Mark 6:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ζώνην zwnhn
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Acts 21:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ζώνην zwnhn
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Acts 21:11 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ζώνη zwnh
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Revelation 1:13 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ζώνην zwnhn
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verse Revelation 15:6 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ζώνας zwnav
a girdle, belt, purse
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (7) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 21:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:4 · Mark 1:6 · Mark 6:8 · Acts 21:11 · Rev 1:13 5×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 10:9 · Rev 15:6 2×
Word Origins
ζώνη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain