Zōon ζῷον

Zōon (Greek ζῷον, Strong's G2226) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “living thing”. It occurs 23 times in 20 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zōon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Hebrews

• Hebrews 13:11
  For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:12
  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

Jude

• Jude 1:10
  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

Revelation

• Revelation 4:6
  And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
• Revelation 4:7
  And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
• Revelation 4:8
  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
• Revelation 4:9
  And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
• Revelation 5:6
  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
• Revelation 5:8
  And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Revelation 5:11
  And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
• Revelation 5:14
  And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
• Revelation 6:1
  And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
• Revelation 6:3
  And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
• Revelation 6:5
  And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
• Revelation 6:6
  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
• Revelation 6:7
  And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
• Revelation 7:11
  And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
• Revelation 14:3
  And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
• Revelation 15:7
  And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
• Revelation 19:4
  And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).