Quick Definition
a beast of burden, an ass or mule
Strong's Definition
an animal under the yoke (draught-beast), i.e. (specially), a donkey
Derivation: neuter of a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G2218 (ζυγός);
KJV Usage: ass
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑποζυγιος, ὑποζύγια, ὑποζύγιον, equivalent to ὑπό ζυγόν ὤν, under the yoke; neuter τό ὑποζύγιον as a substantive, a beast of burden (so from Theognis, and Herodotus down); in Biblical Greek (since the ass was the common animal used by the Orientals on journeys and for carrying burdens (cf. B. D. under the word, Ass, 1)) specifically, an ass: Mat_21:5 (Zec_9:9); 2Pe_2:16; the Sept. for ηΒξεψ, an ass.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποζύγιον hypozygion 2x
an animal subject to the yoke, a beast of burden; in NT spc. an ass, donkey, Mat_21:5 ; 2Pe_2:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπο -ζύγιος , -α , -ον ,
[in LXX for H2543 ;]
under the yoke; as subst ., τ . ( Hdt ., al. ), a beast of burden; colloq., an ass ( v. Deiss., BS , 160 f .), and so always in LXX and NT: Mat_21:5 ( LXX ), 2Pe_2:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑποζύγιον [page 657]
a beast of burden, confined in the LXX and NT ( Mat_21:5 LXX, 2Pe_2:16 ) to a he-ass, cf. P Cairo Zen I.59075 .4 (B.C. 257) ( = Deissmann LAE 2 , p. 162) ἀπέσταλκα . . τὸν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν . . [ἄγοντα τὸν δεῖνα ] ἵππους δύο . . . ῢ̣̣π̣ο̣ζ̣υ̣γ̣ι̣α̣ [Ἀ ]ρ̣α̣βι̣κὰ λευκὰ δύο . . ., I have sent N.N., one or our men, bringing two horses, iwo white Arabian asses . . . (Deissmann), and P Hib I. 34 .3, .5 (B.C. 243 2), and 73 .9 (same date), where ὑποζύγιον and ὄνος are interchanged. See also P Petr III. 26 .5 (iii/B.C.) βοῦς ἢ ὑποζύγιον ἢ πρόβατον , and other exx. in Mayser Gr. II. i. p. 31.
The reference may be more general in such passages as PSI IV. 359 .6 (B.C. 252 1) ὑποζύγια καὶ σάκκους , P Lille I. 13 .2 (B.C. 244 3) ὑποζυγίων πεντήκοντα ἐφεστηκότων , and P Tebt II. 92 .13 (late ii/ B.C.) ἐντ [εῦθ ]εν κατάγεται δι᾽ ὑποζυγίων , (the corn) is thence transported by beasts of burden (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑποζύγιον ὑ^πο-ζ41γιον, ου, τό, [Etym: ζυγόν] "a beast for the yoke, a beast of burden", Lat. jumentum, Theogn. , Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-ζύγιος, -α, -ον
[in LXX for חֲמוֹר ;]
under the yoke; as subst., τ . (Hdt., al.), a beast of burden; colloq., an ass (see Deiss., BS, 160 f.), and so always in LXX and NT: Mat.21:5 (LXX), 2Pe.2:16.†
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