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Strong's G5268 ὑποζύγιον (hypozygion)

Hypozygion means “ass” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5268 — nicrok (“Nisroch”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5268
Language Greek
Linked Usages 24
Books 12

Strong's G5268 Quick Answer

Strong's G5268 ὑποζύγιον (hupozugion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hupozugion (hoop-od-zoog'-ee-on) n. 1. an animal under the yoke (draught-beast) 2. (specially), a donkey It has 24 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include ass. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hupozugion (hoop-od-zoog'-ee-on) n. 1. an animal under the yoke (draught-beast) 2. (specially), a donkey
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
ass

Meaning and Definition

hupozugion (hoop-od-zoog'-ee-on) n. 1. an animal under the yoke (draught-beast) 2. (specially), a donkey [neuter of a compound of G5259 and G2218] KJV: ass Root(s): G5259, G2218

Original Word
ὑποζύγιον
Transliteration
hupozugion
Derivation
Root: ζυγός R1: 5259 R2: 2218
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5268. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

donkey

Usage: 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.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5268 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hupozugion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

ass Matthew 21:5

How Strong's G5268 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5268 (ὑποζύγιον) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5268 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5268 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:5 KJV

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

2 Peter 2:16 KJV

But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

Strong's G5268 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 36:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And these are the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah; this is the Anah who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Zibeon.

Exodus 4:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod which he had from God in his hand.

Exodus 9:3 Septuagint / Brenton

behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.

Strong's G5268 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 5:42 Septuagint / Brenton

Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5268.

Genesis 36:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah; this is the Anah who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Zibeon.
Exodus 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod which he had from God in his hand.
Exodus 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
Exodus 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
Exodus 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
Exodus 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double.
Exodus 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone give to his neighbor to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know,
Exodus 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So shalt thou do with thy calf and thy sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.
Exodus 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.
Exodus 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou see thine enemy’s ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.
Exodus 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.
Exodus 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the firstborn of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep, and if thou wilt not redeem it thou shalt pay a price: every firstborn of thy sons shalt thou redeem: thou shalt not appear before me empty.
Deuteronomy 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do in it no work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of thee; that thy manservant may rest, and thy maid, and thine ox, as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Joshua 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua took Achan the son of Zerah, and brought him to the Valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor.
Judges 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as she went in, that Othniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, Thou hast sent me forth into a south land: and Caleb said to her, What is thy request?
2 Kingdoms 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Ziba, What meanest thou by these? and Ziba said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.
2 Chronicles 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them food to eat, and oil to anoint themselves with, and they helped also everyone that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria.
Job 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have led away the ass of the fatherless, And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Zechariah 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and a Savior; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
Matthew 21:5 New Testament, KJV
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
2 Peter 2:16 New Testament, KJV
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
1 Esdras 5:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5268, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5268 FAQ

What does hypozygion (ὑποζύγιον) mean?

Hypozygion (Strong's G5268) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ass". hupozugion (hoop-od-zoog'-ee-on) n. 1. an animal under the yoke (draught-beast) 2. (specially), a donkey

How many times is hypozygion (ὑποζύγιον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G5268 across 12 books.

Where can I study hypozygion (ὑποζύγιον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5268 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hypozygion (ὑποζύγιον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ass. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5268 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5268, with linked reader references where each row is available.