What does ζεῦγος (zeûgos) mean in the Bible?
ζεῦγος (zeûgos) is a Greek word meaning "a yoke/pair".
Greek · G2201
ζεῦγος
A yoke/pair
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ζεῦγος G2201
Pronunciation zeûgos
What does ζεῦγος (zeûgos) mean in the Bible?
ζεῦγος (zeûgos) is a Greek word meaning "a yoke/pair".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2201?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include A pair (1), yoke (1).
Where does ζεῦγος (zeûgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It A pair 1× Luke 2:24
yoke 1× Luke 14:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 2:24
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Luke 2
Source forms
Ζεύγη 1x Zeugē Luke 14:19
Ζεῦγος 1x Zeugos Luke 2:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Luke 14:19
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 2:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a yoke/pair
Strong's G2201
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a yoke/pair
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:24 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
Ζεῦγος zeugov
a yoke, team, pair
Read verse Luke 14:19 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
Ζεύγη zeugh
a yoke, team, pair
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 2:24 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 14:19 1×
Word Origins
ζεῦγος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain