Quick Definition
a girdle, belt, purse
Strong's Definition
a belt; by implication, a pocket
Derivation: probably akin to the base of G2218 (ζυγός);
KJV Usage: girdle, purse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζώνη, ζώνης, ἡ (ζώννυμι (from Homer down), a girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing garments, Mat_3:4; Mar_1:6; Act_21:11; Rev_1:13; Rev_15:6; but also, since it was hollow, to carry money in (A. V. purse): Mat_10:9; Mar_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 .)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζώνη zōnē 8x
a zone, belt, girdle, Mat_3:4 ; Mat_10:9 ; Mar_1:6 ; Mar_6:8 ; Act_21:11 ; Rev_1:13 ; Rev_15:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ζώνη , -ης , ἡ
(ζώννυμι ),
[in LXX for H73 , H2290 , etc.;]
a belt, girdle: Mat_3:4 , Mar_1:6 , Act_21:11 , Rev_1:13 ; Rev_15:6 ; as a receptacle for money, Mat_10:9 , Mar_6:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ζώνη [page 274]
P Petr I. 14 .12 (B.C. 237) τὴν ζώνην θωρακίτ [ου , the girdle of a corslet-armed soldier (Ed.). In P Oxy III. 496 .4 , a marriage contract of A.D. 127, the dowry of the bride includes ζώνας δύο σανδυκίνη̣ν̣ ῥοδίνην , 2 girdles, one red, the other rose-coloured (Edd.) : cf. ib. I. 109 .11 (iii/iv A.D.) ζῶναι β̄ , in a list of personal property. With the use of the ζώνη for carrying money, as in Mar_6:8 , cf. P Ryl II. 127 .82 (A.D. 29) ζώνη ἐν ᾖ κέρματ (ος ) (δραχμαὶ ) δ̄ , and ib. 141 .22 (A.D. 37), where a man states that he has been robbed of ἀργ (υρίου ) (δραχμὰς ) μ̄ καὶ ζώνην . In the Leucadian epigram, Kaibel 482 .3 , it is said of a man whom a storm prevented from setting out on a voyage ἀπέδησε τὴν ζώνην ἑαυτοῦ , i.e. he loosed his girdle, he did not set out. MGr ζουναριά .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ζώνη ζώνη, ἡ, [Etym: ζώννυμι] "a belt, girdle": properly "the lower girdle worn by women above the hips", (the "upper-girdle", the στρόφιον, being worn "under the breasts)", Hom. Phrases, λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζώνην unloosed her maiden "girdle", of the bridegroom, Od. ; Mid. of the bride, Anth. :—of men on a march, ζ. λύεσθαι to slacken one's "belt", i. e. "rest oneself", Hdt. :— of pregnant women, φέρειν ὑπὸ ζώνης, τρέφειν ἐντὸς ζώνης Aesch. , Eur. :— εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given "for girdle-money" (as we should say, "pin-money)", of Oriental queens who had cities given them, Xen. "the man's belt" (in Hom. commonly ζωστήρ), Il. , Xen. , etc. "the part round which the girdle past, the waist, loin", Il.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ζώνη, -ης, ἡ
(ζώννυμι) [in LXX for אַבְנֵט, חֲגוֹר, etc. ;]
a belt, girdle: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6, Act.21:11, Rev.1:13 15:6; as a receptacle for money, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8.†
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