zōnē · belt

What it means

zōnē (ζώνη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “belt”.

Also the sash in which money was carried.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A girdle; also where money was carried.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• belt ×4
• belts ×2
• sash ×1
• sashes ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Acts×2
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 3:4

  Now John himself had his clothing made of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

• Matthew 10:9

  Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts,

• Mark 1:6

  And John was clothed in camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Acts 21:11

  And coming to us and taking Paul’s belt and binding his own feet and hands, he said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and they will hand him over into the hands of the nations.’”

• Revelation 1:13

  and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.

• Revelation 15:6

  and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary, clothed in pure bright linen, and wrapped around their chests with golden sashes.

And 1 more times.