Strong's Concordance zóné: a belt Original Word: ζώνη, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: zóné Phonetic Spelling: (dzo'-nay) Short Definition: a girdle, belt, purse Definition: a girdle, belt, waistband; because the purse was kept there, also: a purse. HELPS Word-studies 2223 zṓnē – a belt (waistband), pulled tightly to remove all the slack from a garment. 2223 /zṓnē ("a belt") was tied around the mid-section – hence, called "a girdle" in the KJV. [2223 /zṓnē ("a belt") was often hollow to be used as a money-belt – therefore also called a "purse" in the KJV.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2223: ζώνηζώνη, ζώνης, ἡ (ζώννυμι (from Homer down), a girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing garments, Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6; Acts 21:11; Revelation 1:13; Revelation 15:6; but also, since it was hollow, to carry money in (A. V. purse): Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8; Plutarch, mor., p. 665 b. quaest. conviv. 4:2, 3, 2; argentum in zonis habentes, Livy 33, 29. (B. D. under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance belt, pocket, purseProbably akin to the base of zugos; a belt; by implication, a pocket -- girdle, purse. see GREEK zugos Forms and Transliterations ζώναις ζωνας ζώνας ζωνη ζώνη ζωνην ζώνην ζώνης zonas zōnas zṓnas zone zōnē zṓne zṓnē zonen zōnēn zṓnen zṓnēnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 22238 Occurrences ζώνας — 2 Occ. ζώνη — 1 Occ. ζώνην — 5 Occ. Matthew 3:4 N-AFS GRK: καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ NAS: and a leather belt around KJV: and a leathern girdle about his INT: of a camel and a belt of leather about Matthew 10:9 N-AFP Mark 1:6 N-AFS Mark 6:8 N-AFS Acts 21:11 N-AFS Acts 21:11 N-NFS Revelation 1:13 N-AFS Revelation 15:6 N-AFP |