noun · neuter
zeugem
Greekζεῦγος (zeugos)
Strong’sG2201
a yoke, team, pair
stem zeug-2 times in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ζεῦγος, -εος (-ους), τό
(< ζεύγνυμι, to yoke), [in LXX chiefly for צֶמֶד, Jg 19:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2201 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzyoo'-gos
a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)
Fromfrom the same as G2218;
King Jamesyoke, pair.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | zeugem | zeugeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | zeugeu | zeugeiu |
| to, for dative | zeuge | zeugei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
zeuge is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
zeugem1×
Luke 2:24“a pair”kai teu dōara thusian kata tem legirētem en to nomo kuriou, zeugem trugōnaiu ē duo nossoin peristeraiu.and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Zeugeim1×
Luke 14:19“yoke”kai heteros legata; Zeugeim bouoiu agorazama pente kai poreuemō dokimazara auteim; erōtamō sin, echasōr min paraitirēton.Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’