Word Study · Strong's G5268 · Greek

ὑποζύγιον

hypozygion

hoop-od-zoog'-ee-on

Strong's 1890 spelling: hypozýgion

“an animal under the yoke (draught-beast), i.e. (specially), a donkey”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an animal under the yoke (draught-beast), i.e. (specially), a donkey

Rendered in the KJV as

ass.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

ὑποζύγιον1
ὑποζυγίου.¶1

How it is rendered · 2

[by] a donkey1
of a beast of burden.1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1
noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-GSN · 1
N-NSN · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
2 Peter1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 21:5ὑποζυγίου.¶hupozugiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”here: of a beast of burden.

2 Peter1 occurrence

2 Peter 2:16ὑποζύγιονhupozugionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.here: [by] a donkey

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