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Ass
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is the usual word. Onarion, the diminutive of onos, "a young ass, or ass's colt," is used in John 12:14 , together with onos.
lit., "under a yoke" (hupo, "under," zugos, "a yoke"), is used as an alternative description of the same animal, in Matthew 21:5 , where both words are found together, "Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek and riding upon an ass (onos), and upon a colt the foal of an ass (hupozugion)." It was upon the colt that the Lord sat, John 12:14 . In 2 Peter 2:16 , it is used of Balaam's "ass."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ass'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/a/ass.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ass'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/a/ass.html. 1940.
