Forms of the word

Dictionary
ζῷον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration
zōon
Simplified transliteration
zoon

Numbers

Strong's number
2226
GK Number
2442

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
23
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Gloss
living creature, animal
Definition
a living creature, animal, Heb. 13:11; 2 Pet. 2:12

Greek-English Concordance for ζῷον

Hebrews 13:11 For while the blood of those animals (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) whose blood is brought into the Most Holy Place by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, their bodies are burned outside the camp.
2 Peter 2:12 But these people, like irrational animals (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut), born creatures of instinct to be captured and destroyed, are ignorant of those whom they slander, and in their destruction will themselves also be destroyed,
Jude 1:10 But these people blaspheme whatever they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut), by these they are being destroyed.
Revelation 4:6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal; and around the throne, close by the throne, were four living (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
Revelation 4:7 The first living creature (zōon | ζῷον | nom sg neut) was like a lion, the second living creature (zōon | ζῷον | nom sg neut) like an ox, the third living creature (zōon | ζῷον | nom sg neut) had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature (zōon | ζῷον | nom sg neut) was like a flying eagle.
Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut), each of them with six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And day or night they never rest, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come!”
Revelation 4:9 And whenever the living (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) creatures (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, to the one who lives forever and ever,
Revelation 5:6 And I saw standing there, between the throne and the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) and among the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) and the elders; and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,
Revelation 5:14 And the four living creatures (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation 6:1 Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
Revelation 6:3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature (zōou | ζῴου | gen sg neut) saying, “Come!”
Revelation 6:5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature (zōou | ζῴου | gen sg neut) saying, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Revelation 6:6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut), saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 6:7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature (zōou | ζῴου | gen sg neut) saying, “Come!”
Revelation 7:11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut), and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 14:3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 15:7 Then one of the four living creatures (zōōn | ζῴων | gen pl neut) gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever;
Revelation 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures (zōa | ζῷα | nom pl neut) fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”

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