Библейское слово «ζωά» в греческих словарях

ζωά ἡ дор. Pind. = ζωή.

ζῷον, иногда ζῶον τό

1) живое существо (ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ~, sc. ἐστιν Arst.): πᾶν, ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν, ~ ἂν λέγοιτο Plat. всё, что причастно жизни, может быть названо живым существом;

2) животное (ζῷα πάντα καὶ φυτά Plat.; γένος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν Arst.);

3) презрительно тварь: ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζώου καθαρὰ γίγνηται Plat. чтобы страна очистилась от подобной твари;

4) изображение с натуры, т._е. статуя, картина, рисунок и т._д. (πυραμίς, ἐν τῇ ζῷα ἐγγέγλυπται Her.): ~ οἱ ἐνῆν ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς Her. на нём (т._е. на каменном изваянии) было изображение всадника; ζῷα γράψασθαι πᾶσαν τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου Her. написать картину (изображающую) весь этот мост через Боспор.

ζῷον (Rec. ζῶον, see LS, see word), -ου, τό
(ζωός, alive), [in LXX for חַי (chiefly) and cognate forms; frequently in Wis ;]
a living creature, an animal: Rev.4:6-9; 5:6 ff. Rev.6:1 ff. Rev.7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4; ζῴων τ. αἷμα, Heb.13:11 ἄλογα ζ., 2Pe.2:12, Jude.1:10.†
SYN.: θηρίον, 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 (see Tr., Syn., LXXxi; Cremer, 274). (AS) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0

ζῷον, τό,
living being, animal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα, opposed to φυτά, [Refs]; ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον, [Refs 1st c.BC+].; contemptuously, ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται may be free from this kind of animal (i.e. beggars), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. πονηρόν, of women, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II in art, figure, image, not necessarily of animals (compare ζῴδιον), ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have pictures of the bridging of the Bosporus painted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ζωγραφέω: ζῷα ποιεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III sign of the Zodiac, [Refs 8th c.BC+], no generic word used for animal being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. BC [Refs 7th c.BC+] by contraction: ι is found in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]., and in codices optative in the Noun; the adjective ζωός (which see) had no ι: for the compounds (except ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος) decisive evidence is lacking: ζῳάγρια with ι was read by [Refs 8th c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0