STRONGS NUMBER G2201


Word Summary
zeugos: a pair, a yoke
Original Word: ζεῦγος
Transliteration: 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: 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).