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Name of God’s Son

ΖΩΟΝ, ζωον

ZŌON, zōon

Sounds Like: DZOH-on

Translations: living thing, animal, beast, a living thing, an animal, a beast

From the root: ΖΩΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to any living creature or being, including animals and sometimes even humans in a general sense of being alive. It is often used to distinguish living beings from inanimate objects. It can be used in sentences like 'Every living thing loves its kind' or 'He created a living being.'

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G2226 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Barnabus
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 93:3, 114:3
Pseudo-Baruch
  • The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
  • Revelation — 4:7

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.

  • ΖΩΑ — living creatures, animals, beasts
  • ΖΩΟΙΣ — to living beings, to animals, to creatures, to beasts
  • 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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