Word Summary
zōnē: a belt
Original Word: ζώνηTransliteration: zōnē
Phonetic Spelling: (dzo'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a belt
Meaning: a belt
Strong's Concordance
belt, pocket, purse
Probably akin to the base of zugos; a belt; by implication, a pocket -- girdle, purse.
see GREEK zugos
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
.)