Quick Definition
ζεῦγος, ους, τό n.n. a yoke, team, pair
Strong's Definition
a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)
Derivation: from the same as G2218 (ζυγός);
KJV Usage: yoke, pair
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζεῦγος, -εος (-ous), τό, (ζεύγνυμι to join, yoke), two draught-catile (horses or oxen or mules) yoked together, a pair or yoke of beasts: Lk. xiv. 19 (πον, 1 Kings xix. 19, ete.; often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. II. 18, 543 down). 2. univ. a pair: Lk. ii. 24 (Hdt. 3, 130; Aeschyl. Ag. 44; Xen. oec. 7, 18, and often in Grk. writ.).* EUKTN pla ρ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζεῦγος zeugos 2x
a yoke of animals; a pair, couple, Lk. 2:24; 14:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ζεῦγος, -εος (-ους), τό
(< ζεύγνυμι, to yoke), [in LXX chiefly for צֶמֶד, Jg 19:3, al.;]
a yoke of beasts: Lk 14:19.
a pair of anything, Lk 2:24(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ζεῦγος is very common = ‘‘a pair,” as in Lk 24. It is sufficient to cite by way of example—P Petr III. 31° (B.c. 240) τοῦ ζεύγους τῶν βοῶν, P Ryl II. 127° (a.p. 29) σφυρὶς ἐν n dpro(t) ν, ζεύγ(η) Ke, “Sa basket in which were 50 loaves, 25 pairs,” P Oxy 11. 2678 (A.D. 36) ἐνωτίων χρυσῶν ζεύγους ἑνός, BGU I. 22%! (a.p. 114) (= Selections, p. 76) ζεῦγος ψελλίω(ν) ἀργυρῶν. According to the editors’ note on P Oxy XII. 1438? (late ii/A.D.) the commonest application of the word in the papyri is to a pair of loaves. For ζευγηλάτης = “driver” cf. e.g. P Fay 112° (A.D. 99) ἐ]πιτίνας τὸν ζευγηλάτην elva ἑκάσίτης)] ἡμέρας τὼ ἔργον ἀποδῦ (Δ ἀποδοῖ), ‘‘ urge the driver to do his proper work every day” (Edd.), BGU 11. 624° (time of Diocletian) παρὰ {evynAdro(v) ταυρικ(οῦ. In MGr ἵευγάρι = “pair,” **couple.” Cevxtnola, which occurs in Ac 2740 and according to Grimm is ‘*found nowhere else,” may now be illustrated from the neut. plur. of the adj. in P Oxy VI. 934° (iii/A.D.) εἰς τιμὴν fevxtyplwov δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα, ‘‘as the price of yokes 60 cf, PSI 1V. 28629 (ιν a.p.), CP Herm I. 0515. In P Lond 11771®7 (a.p. 113) (=III. Ὁ. 185) σχοινίων καὶ ζευκτηρίων, and in P Flor I. 1678 (A.p. 239) τοῦ τε φορέτρου [κ]αὶ μηχανῆς καὶ ζευκτηρίῳ(ν) the word is used in connexion with the mechanism of a water-wheel.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ζεῦγος (zeugos) — a yoke/pair. ζεῦγος, εος, τό, (ζεύγνυμι) yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζ. ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot, ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; wagons, ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βοεικά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; racing-car,= τέθριππον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, [Refs]; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδέων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; [κεράμων] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θυρῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, married couple, τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. mouthpiece of a double flute, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. ζ. ἱματίων suit of clothes, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III. incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. νεκρῶν, where parents and children are spoken of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. = Latin jugerum, [Refs 4th c.AD+]