Greek noun (neuter) · G2201
ζεῦγος
zeugosdzyoo'-gos
a yoke of beasts; a pair of anything
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zeûgos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2201is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2201
a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)
The King James renders it: yoke, pair.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zeugos is rendered "a yoke of beasts; a pair of anything". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a yoke of beasts".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Luke 2:24ζεῦγος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a yoke of beasts, and a pair of anything.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a yoke of beastsLuk.14:19. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 14:19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out… |
| a pair of anythingLuk.2:24 (LXX).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 2:24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ζεύγη1
- ζεῦγος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
Luke
two uses
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
- ζεῦγοςzeugosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: A pair
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- ζεύγηzeugenoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: Yoke
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.