Lexical Summary zeugos: a pair, a yoke Original Word: ζεῦγοςTransliteration: zeugos Phonetic Spelling: (dzyoo'-gos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a pair, a yoke Meaning: a pair, a yoke Strong's 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2201: ζεῦγοςζεῦγος, 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). |
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