ΖΩΟΥ, ζωου
ZŌOU, zōou
Sounds Like: DZOH-oo
Translations: of an animal, of a living thing, of a creature
From the root: ΖΩΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun ΖΩΟΝ (zōon), which means 'animal,' 'living thing,' or 'creature.' It is used to indicate possession, origin, or relationship, often translated with 'of' in English. For example, 'the life of an animal' or 'the nature of a living thing.'
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2226 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:28
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 25:3
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 34:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΖΩΟΝ — living thing, animal, beast, a living thing, an animal, a beast
- 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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