STRONGS NUMBER G2223


Word Summary
zōnē: a belt
Original Word: ζώνη
Transliteration: 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: ζώνη

ζώνη, ζώνης, (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 .)