ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΑ, υποζυγια
YPOZYGIA, ypozygia
Sounds Like: hoo-po-zy-GHEE-ah
Translations: beasts of burden, pack animals, draft animals
From the root: ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to any animal used for carrying loads or for pulling carts or plows, such as donkeys, mules, or horses. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under,' and 'ζυγόν' (zygon), meaning 'yoke.' Thus, it literally means 'under the yoke' or 'yoked animal,' referring to an animal that is harnessed for work.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5266 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 20:329
- Book 5 — 6:229
- Book 8 — 12:294
- Book 9 — 3:36, 3:37, 4:78, 9:192
- Book 11 — 3:72
- Book 12 — 6:168
- Book 13 — 2:52
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 3:35
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΙΣ — beast of burden, pack animal, donkey, an animal for riding
- ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΝ — beast of burden, a beast of burden, donkey, an ass, mule
- ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΥ — of a beast of burden, of an animal, of a donkey
- ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΩ — to a beast of burden, to an animal, to a pack animal, to a donkey, to a mule
- ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΩΝ — (of) beasts of burden
- ΥΠΟΣΑΓΗΣ — beast of burden, a beast of burden, animal, a pack animal
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