ζῶονzōon

Meanings

Same root

• ζάωzáō · G2198to live (literally or figuratively)
• ἀναζωπυρέωanazōpyréō · G329to re-enkindle
• ζωογονέωzōogonéō · G2225to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
• ζωοποιέωzōopoiéō · G2227to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
• ζωγρέωzōgréō · G2221to take alive (make a prisoner of war), i.e. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

• Hebrews 13:11 Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp.
• 2 Peter 2:12 These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
• Jude 1:10 But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.
• Revelation 4:6 In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back.
• Revelation 4:7 The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
• Revelation 4:8 Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”