2001 Translation

ZŌA, zōa

Sounds Like: ZOH-ah

Translations: living creatures, animals, beasts

From the root: ΖΩΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: The word "ζῷα" refers to living beings or creatures, often translated as "animals" or "beasts." It is the plural form of "ζῷον" (zōon). It can be used to describe any animate being, from insects to larger mammals, and in some contexts, even celestial beings or symbolic creatures in apocalyptic literature. It functions as a noun in a sentence, typically as the subject or object.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G2226 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:147

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:4, 2:121, 10:19, 10:42, 10:49

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 9:4, 33:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 14:14
• Psalms — 67:11, 103:25
• Wisdom — 15:18, 16:18
• 2 Peter — 2:12
• Jude — 1:10
• Revelation — 4:6, 4:8, 4:9, 5:8, 5:14

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 26:244, 26:246, 14:137
• Book Two — 14:137

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:32, 1:35, 3:77, 3:92
• Book 3 — 6:137, 9:228
• Book 5 — 1:26
• Book 12 — 6:230

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 4:4, 5:2, 20:2, 53:4, 84:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 4 Maccabees — 14:14
• Psalms — 67:11, 103:25
• Wisdom — 15:18, 16:18
• Ezekiel — 1:19

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Peter — 2:12
• Jude — 1:10
• Revelation — 4:6, 4:8, 4:9, 5:8, 5:14, 19:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΩΟΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΖΩΟΙΣ — to living beings, to animals, to creatures, to beasts
• ΖΩΟΝ — living thing, animal, beast, a living thing, an animal, a beast
• ΖΩΟΥ — of an animal, of a living thing, of a creature
• ΖΩΩ — of living beings, of animals, of beasts
• ΖΩΩΝ — of living things, of animals, of creatures, of beasts
• ΩΩΝ — of living creatures, of animals, of beasts

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