ζεῦγος, ζευγεος (ζεύγους), τό (ζεύγνυμι to join, yoke), 1. two draught-cattle (horses or oxen or mules) yoked together, a pair or yoke of beasts: Luk_14:19 (φΖξΖγ, 1Ki_19:19, etc.; often in Greek Writ; from Homer, Iliad 18, 543 down). 2. universally, a pair: Luk_2:24 (Herodotus 3, 130; Aeschylus Ag. 44; Xenophon, oec. 7, 18, and often in Greek writings).

ζεῦγος zeugos 2x a yoke of animals; a pair, couple, Luk_2:24 ; Luk_14:19

ζεῦγος , -εος (-ους ), τό ( < ζεύγνυμι , to yoke ), [in LXX chiefly for H6776 , Jdg_19:3 , al. ;] 1. a yoke of beasts: Luk_14:19 . 2. a pair of any\-thing, Luk_2:24 ( LXX ).†

ζεῦγος [page 272] ζεῦγος is very common = a pair, as in Luk_2:24 . It is sufficient to cite by way of example P Petr III. 31 .5 (B.C. 240) τοῦ ζεύγους τῶν βοω̣ν̣, P Ryl II. 127 .35 (A.D. 29) σφυρὶς ἐν ῃ ἄρτο̣(ι ) ν̄ , ζεύγ (η ) κ̄ε̄ , a basket in which were 50 loaves, 25 pairs, P Oxy II. 267 .6 (A.D. 36) ἐνωτίων χρυσῶν ζεύγους ἑνός , BGU I. 22 .81 (A.D. 114) (= Selections , p. 76) ζεῦγος ψελλίω (ν ) ἀργυρῶν . According to the editors note on P Oxy XII. 1438 .21 (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 .6 (A.D. 99) ἐ ]π̣ιτίνας τὸν ζευγηλάτην εἵνα ἑκάσ [της ] ἡμέρας τὼ ἔργον ἀποδῦ ( l. ἀποδοῖ ), urge the driver to do his proper work every day (Edd.), BGU II. 624 .22 (time of Diocletian) παρὰ ζευγηλάτο (υ ) ταυρικ (οῦ ). In MGr ζευγάρι = pair, couple.

ζεῦγος ζεῦγος, εος, [Etym: ζεύγνυμι] "a yoke of beasts, a pair of mules, oxen or horses", Il. , etc. "the carriage drawn by a pair, a chariot, car", Hdt. , etc. "a pair or couple" of any things, id=Hdt. , Aesch.

ζεῦγος, -εος (-ους), τό (ζεύγνυμι, to yoke), [in LXX chiefly for צֶמֶד, Jdg.19:3, al. ;] __1. a yoke of beasts: Luk.14:19. __2. a pair of any­thing, Luk.2:24 (LXX).† (AS)