2201. zeugos

Lexicon

zeugos: Pair, yoke

Original Word: ζεῦγος
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: zeugos
Pronunciation: ZYOO-gos
Phonetic Spelling: (dzyoo'-gos)
KJV: yoke, pair
NASB: pair, yoke
Word Origin: [from the root of zeugnumi "to join, especially by a yoke"]

1. a couple
2. a team (of oxen yoked together)
3. a brace (of birds tied together)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

yoke, pair.

From the same as zugos; a couple, i.e. A team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together) -- yoke, pair.

see GREEK zugos

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as zugos
Definition
a pair, a yoke
NASB Translation
pair (1), yoke (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2201: ζεῦγος

ζεῦγος, ζευγεος (ζεύγους), τό (ζεύγνυμι to join, yoke),

1. two draught-cattle (horses or oxen or mules) yoked together, a pair or yoke of beasts: Luke 14:19 (צֶמֶד, 1 Kings 19:19, etc.; often in Greek Writ; from Homer, Iliad 18, 543 down).

2. universally, a pair: Luke 2:24 (Herodotus 3, 130; Aeschylus Ag. 44; Xenophon, oec. 7, 18, and often in Greek writings).

Forms and Transliterations

Ζευγη Ζεύγη ζευγος ζεύγος ζεῦγος Zeuge Zeugē Zeúge Zeúgē zeugos zeûgos

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 2:24 N-NNS
GRK: νόμῳ Κυρίου ζεῦγος τρυγόνων ἢ
NAS: of the Lord, A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES
KJV: of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves,
INT: law of [the] Lord A pair of turtle doves or

Luke 14:19 N-ANP
GRK: ἕτερος εἶπεν Ζεύγη βοῶν ἠγόρασα
NAS: five yoke of oxen,
KJV: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and
INT: another said Pairs of oxen I have bought

Strong's Greek 2201
2 Occurrences

Ζεύγη — 1 Occ.
ζεῦγος — 1 Occ.