What does ὑποζύγιον (hypozýgion) mean in the Bible?
ὑποζύγιον (hypozýgion) is a Greek word meaning "donkey".
Greek · G5268
ὑποζύγιον
Donkey
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ὑποζύγιονG5268
Pronunciationhypozýgion
What does ὑποζύγιον (hypozýgion) mean in the Bible?
ὑποζύγιον (hypozýgion) is a Greek word meaning "donkey".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5268?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include by a donkey (1), of a donkey (1).
Where does ὑποζύγιον (hypozýgion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:5. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itby a donkey1×2 Peter 2:16
of a donkey1×Matthew 21:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 21:5
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew12 Peter1
Source forms
ὑποζύγιον1xhypozygion2 Peter 2:16
ὑποζυγίου1xhypozygiouMatthew 21:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular1xMatthew 21:5
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1x2 Peter 2:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. donkey
Strong'sG5268
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
donkey
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:5Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὑποζυγίου.upozugiou
a beast of burden, an ass or mule
Read verse2 Peter 2:16Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὑποζύγιονupozugion
a beast of burden, an ass or mule
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter2 Pet 2:161×
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMatt 21:51×