UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ζώνη; -ης

Related lemmas: ζώννυμι

Sense 1: belt, girdle

Semantic entry: 6.178

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

Definition: a band of leather or cloth worn around the waist outside of one’s clothing

Notes: A ζώνη was normally quite wide and could be readily folded. As such, it was often used to carry money (see RV MAT 10:9 · LV MAT 10:9 · Read together MAT 10:9).

Further resources: realia:6.6; realia:10.1

MAT 3:4: RV MAT 3:4 · LV MAT 3:4 · Read together MAT 3:4

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OET-RV MAT 3:4

4 Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) himself wore clothes made from coarse camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.

OET-LV MAT 3:4

4 And the Yōannaʸs himself was _having the clothing of _him from hairs of_a_camel and a_ leather _belt around the waist of _him, and the food of _him was locusts and wild honey.

MAT 10:9: RV MAT 10:9 · LV MAT 10:9 · Read together MAT 10:9

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OET-RV MAT 10:9

9 Don’t accept any money for your wallets,

OET-LV MAT 10:9

9 You _all _may_ neither _acquire gold, nor silver, nor copper in the belts of _you _all,

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:4 · RV MAT 10:9 · LV MAT 3:4 · LV MAT 10:9 · Read together MAT 3:4 · Read together MAT 10:9

MRK: RV MRK 1:6 · RV MRK 6:8 · LV MRK 1:6 · LV MRK 6:8 · Read together MRK 1:6 · Read together MRK 6:8

ACT: RV ACT 21:11 · LV ACT 21:11 · Read together ACT 21:11

REV: RV REV 1:13 · RV REV 15:6 · LV REV 1:13 · LV REV 15:6 · Read together REV 1:13 · Read together REV 15:6

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ζώνη

Form 1

Sense 1: belt, girdle