belt/sash/girdle

Greek Noun Female

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)

belt/sash/girdle

Greek Noun Female

ζών-η, ἡ, (ζώννυμι) belt, girdle: I) properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: I.1) λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα [Refs], absolutely, of marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] I.1.b) ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.1.c) of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς. ζώνη; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, [Refs] I.3) proverbial, εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given for girdle-money (as we should say, pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) belt used as a purse, [NT+1st c.AD+] II.2) part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [[Refs 6th c.BC+]; ={ἀξίωμα}, [Refs]; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, [Refs 6th c.AD+] III) anything that goes round like a belt, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the girdle of ocean, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III.2) one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III.2.b) one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.2.c) Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III.3) in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα, frieze, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.4) Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.[Refs] III.5) stripes on fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a belt; by implication, a pocket; girdle, purse; probably akin to the base of g2218 (ζυγός)