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Strong's G2223 ζώνη (zone)

Zone means “girdle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2223 — zarzir in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2223
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 14

Strong's G2223 Quick Answer

Strong's G2223 ζώνη (zone) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. zone (dzo'-nay) n. 1. a belt 2. (by implication) a pocket It has 27 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include girdle and purse. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
zone (dzo'-nay) n. 1. a belt 2. (by implication) a pocket
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
girdle and purse

Meaning and Definition

zone (dzo'-nay) n. 1. a belt 2. (by implication) a pocket [probably akin to the base of G2218] KJV: girdle, purse See also: G2218

Original Word
ζώνη
Transliteration
zone
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2223. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

belt/sash/girdle

Usage: 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.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2223 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zone, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

girdle Matthew 3:4 purse Mark 6:8

How Strong's G2223 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2223 (ζώνη) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2223 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2223 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:4 KJV

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 10:9 KJV

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Mark 1:6 KJV

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Strong's G2223 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.

Exodus 28:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And these are the garments which they shall make: the breastplate, and the shoulder piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.

Exodus 28:39 Septuagint / Brenton

shall be of fine linen; and thou shalt make a tire of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2223.

Genesis 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
Exodus 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the garments which they shall make: the breastplate, and the shoulder piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.
Exodus 28:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
shall be of fine linen; and thou shalt make a tire of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
Exodus 28:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exodus 29:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me forever; and thou shalt fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons.
Exodus 36:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the tunic, and put on him the ephod;
Leviticus 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, and put on them coats and girded them with girdles, and put on them bonnets, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall put on the consecrated linen tunic, and he shall have on his flesh the linen drawers, and shall gird himself with a linen girdle, and shall put on the linen cap, they are holy garments; and he shall bathe all his body in water, and shall put them on.
Deuteronomy 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt have a trowel on thy girdle; and it shall come to pass when thou wouldest relieve thyself abroad, that thou shalt dig with it, and shalt bring back the earth and cover thy nuisance.
3 Kingdoms 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, that he slew them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.
4 Kingdoms 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and girded with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Elijah the Tishbite.
4 Kingdoms 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out on every side, even all that were girded with a girdle, and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border.
Job 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He seats kings upon thrones, And girds their loins with a girdle.
Psalms 108:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, And as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.
Isaiah 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.
Isaiah 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe latchets be broken.
Ezekiel 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one’s axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar.
Ezekiel 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to the porch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on his loins;
Ezekiel 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the man clothed with the long robe, and girded with the girdle about his loins, answered and said, I have done as thou didst command me.
Matthew 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 10:9 New Testament, KJV
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Mark 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Mark 6:8 New Testament, KJV
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Acts 21:11 New Testament, KJV
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Revelation 1:13 New Testament, KJV
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Revelation 15:6 New Testament, KJV
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2223, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament

Strong's G2223 FAQ

What does zone (ζώνη) mean?

Zone (Strong's G2223) is a Greek word most simply glossed "girdle". zone (dzo'-nay) n. 1. a belt 2. (by implication) a pocket

How many times is zone (ζώνη) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G2223 across 14 books.

Where can I study zone (ζώνη) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2223 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate zone (ζώνη)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as girdle and purse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2223 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2223, with linked reader references where each row is available.