ζῷον, τό,

I living being, animal, Hdt. 5.10 (of bees), Ar. V. 551, Pl. 443, etc.; πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο Pl. Ti. 77b; ζῷα, opp. φυτά, Id. Phd. 70d, 110e, etc.; ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον, Phld. Rh. 1.98S.; contemptuously, ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται may be free from this kind of animal (i.e. beggars), Pl. Lg. 936c; ζ. πονηρόν, of women, Secund. Sent. 8.

II in art, figure, image, not necessarily of animals (cf. ζῴδιον), ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς Hdt. 3.88: mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν Id. 1.203, cf. 2.4, 124, 148, Pl. R. 515a, etc.; ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have pictures of the bridging of the Bosporus painted, Hdt. 4.88; cf. ζωγραφέω: ζῷα ποιεῖν Plu. Per. 13.

III sign of the Zodiac, Man. 2.166. - The word is post- Hom., no generic word used for animal being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C. (ζώϊον Semon. 13, whence Att. ζῷον by contraction: ι is found in IG 12.372.42, al.,11(2).161 B 76 (Delos, iii B.C.), Phld. Rh. 2.166S., and in codd. opt. in the Noun; the Adj. ζωός (q.v.) had no ι: for the compds. (exc. ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος) decisive evidence is lacking: ζῳάγρια with ι was read by Aristarch. in Il. 18.407.)

ζῷον zōon 23x

    a living creature, animal, Heb 13:11; 2Pe 2:12 living creature.

G2226 — ζοων

(or ζοων (so L WH uniformly, Treg. in Heb. and Rev.; see Etym. Magn. 413, 24, and references under the word Iota)), ζοωυ, τό, (ζοως alive);

1. a living being.

2. an animal, brute, beast: Heb 13:11; 2Pe 2:12; Jude 1:10; Rev 4:6-9 (on Rev 4:8 cf. Buttmann, 130 (114)), etc. [SYNONYMS: ζοων differs from θηρίον (at least etymologically; but cf. Schmidt as below) in giving prominence to the vital element, while θηρίον emphasizes the bestial element. Hence, in Revelation as above ζοων is fitly rendered living creature in contradistinction to the θηρίον beast, cf. Rev 11:7; Rev 13:1, etc. See Trench, § lxxxi.; Schmidt ii., chapter 70.]

ζῷον

( Rec. ζῶον , v. LS , s.v. ), -o υ , τό

( < ζωός , alive),

[in LXX for H2416 (chiefly) and cognate forms; freq . in Wis;]

a living creature, an animal: Rev 4:6-9; Rev 5:6 ff . Rev 6:1 ff . Rev 7:11; Rev 14:3; Rev 15:7; Rev 19:4; ζῴων τ . αἷμα , Heb 13:11; ἄλογα ζ ., 2Pe 2:12, Jud 1:10. †

SYN.: θηρίον G2342, in which the brutal, bestial element is emphasized, and which is never used of sacrificial animals. On the other hand, ζ . is the more comprehensive, as expressing the vital element common to the whole anima] creation ( v. Tr., Syn. , LXX xi; Cremer , 274).

詞類次數：名詞（23）

原文字根：活（著）（的一位） 相當於：H2421（חָיָה‎） H2416（חַי‎ / חַיָּה‎）+H5315（נֶפֶשׁ‎）

字義溯源：活物，牲畜，畜類；源自（G2198（ζάω）*=活）。在新約，活物這字從來不用來描寫人。（來13:11）是指作為祭物的畜類；（彼後2:12；猶：10）是指沒有理性的畜物（隱喻假教師）。啓示錄廿次提到那圍繞在寶座前，敬拜神的四活物，可能是一切受造之物的象徵

出現次數：總共（23）；來（1）；彼後（1）；猶（1）；啓（20）

譯字彙編：

1）活物（20）啓4:6；啓4:7；啓4:7；啓4:7；啓4:7；啓4:8；啓4:9；啓5:6；啓5:8；啓5:11；啓5:14；啓6:1；啓6:3；啓6:5；啓6:6；啓6:7；啓7:11；啓14:3；啓15:7；啓19:4；

2）畜類（2）彼後2:12；猶1:10；

3）牲畜的（1）來13:11