2001 Translation

YPOZYGION, ypozygion

Sounds Like: hoo-po-ZY-gee-on

Translations: beast of burden, a beast of burden, donkey, an ass, mule

From the root: ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a beast of burden, typically an animal used for carrying loads or for riding, such as a donkey or a mule. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under', and 'ζυγόν' (zygon), meaning 'yoke' or 'burden', literally 'that which is under the yoke'. It is used to describe any animal that carries a burden or is yoked for work.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G5268 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:14

Codex Sinaiticus

• Job — 24:3
• Zechariah — 9:9
• 2 Peter — 2:16

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 5:87

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 53:3, 53:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 20:10, 22:10, 22:30, 23:5, 23:12
• Deuteronomy — 5:14
• Job — 24:3
• Zechariah — 9:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Peter — 2:16

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.

• ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΑ — beasts of burden, pack animals, draft animals
• ΥΠΟΖΥΓΙΟΙΣ — beast of burden, pack animal, donkey, an animal for riding
• 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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