HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5923
עֹל
ol — yoke
yoke
33 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Yoke
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4133
מוֹטָה
mo.tah — yoke
1) pole, bar of yoke 1a) pole 1b) bar of yoke 1b1) of oppression (fig.)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4132
מוֹט
mot — yoke
1) a shaking, wavering, pole, bar of yoke 1a) a shaking, tottering 1b) pole, bar (for carrying) 1c) bar of yoke
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3627
כְּלִי
ke.li — article/utensil
1) article, vessel, implement, utensil 1a) article, object (general) 1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel 1b1) implement (of hunting or war) 1b2) implement (of music) 1b3) implement, tool (of labour) 1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen) 1b5) utensils, furniture 1c) vessel, receptacle (general) 1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed
263 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2647
καταλύω
kataluō — to destroy/lodge
κατα-λύω [in LXX for לוּן, שָׁבַת, etc. ;] 1. to destroy, cast down: Mat.24:2, Mrk.13:2, Luk.21:6; τ. ναόν, Mat.26:61 27:40, Mrk.14:58 15:29, Act.6:14; οἰκίαν, 2Co.5:1; opposite to οἰκοδομεῖν, Gal.2:18. Metaphorical, to overthrow, annul, abrogate: Act.5:38-39; τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Rom.14:20; τ. νόμον, Mat.5:17 (2Ma.2:22). 2. to unloose, unyoke (e.g. horses), hence intrans., of travellers (cf. κατάλυμα), to take up one's quarters, lodge (cl., Gen.19:2, al.): Luk.9:12 19:7.† (AS)
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6776
צֶ֫מֶד
tse.med — pair
1) couple, pair, team, yoke 1a) couple, pair, span (usually of animals) 1b) acre 1b1) the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1301
בָּרָק
ba.raq — Barak
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.6; son of: Abinoam (H0042) § Barak = "lightning" or "lightning flash" son of Abinoam of Kedesh who, incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin by routing the Canaanites in the plain of Jezreel
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2218
ζυγός
zugos — yoke/scales
ζυγός (in cl. more frequently τὸ ζυγόν), -οῦ, ὁ (ζεύγνυμι), [in LXX for עֹל, מֹאזֵן, etc. ;] 1. a yoke; metaphorically, of bondage or submission to authority: Mat.11:29-30, Act.15:10, Gal.5:1, 1Ti.6:1. 2. a balance: Rev.6:5 (of. Isa.40:12, al.).† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2201
ζεῦγος
zeugos — a yoke/pair
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)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4801
συζεύγνυμι
suzeugnumi — to join
συν-ζεύγνυμι (Rec. συζ-), [in LXX: Eze.1:11, 23 (חָבַר) * ;] to yoke together: metaphorically, of union in wedlock, Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:9.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5268
ὑποζύγιον
hupozugion — donkey
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)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2086
ἑτεροζυγέω
heterozugeō — to yoke a mismatch
ἑτερο-ζυγέω, -ῶ [in LXX cf. ἑτερόζυγος, Lev.19:19 (יְקַמְעָם)* ;] to be unequally yoked: metaphorically, with dative of person(s), 2Co.6:14.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2202
ζευκτηρία
zeuktēria — rope
ζευκτήριος, -α -ον (ζεύγνυμι), fit for joining. As subst., (a) ζευκτήριον, τό = ζυγόν, a yoke; (b) ζευκτηρία, -ας, ἡ = ζεύγλη, the crossbar of a double rudder: Act.27:40 (found nowhere else).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4805
σύζυγος
suzugos — yokefellow
σύν-ζυγος (Rec. ουζ-), or as WH, mg., Σύνζυγος, -ον (συνζεύγνυμι), [in Aq., Eze.23:21 * ;] a yoke fellow. Prob., as proper name, Σ. γνήσιε, genuinely Synzygus, S. properly so-called, Php.4:3 (see ICC, Lft., in l; MM, xxiii).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5925
עֻלָּא
ul.la — Ulla
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.36; son of: Zophah (H6690); brother of: Suah (H5477), Harnepher (H2774), Beri (H1275), Imrah (H3236), Bezer (H1221H), Hod (H1936), Shamma (H8037H), Shilshah (H8030), Ithran (H3506H) and Beera (H0878); father of: Arah (H0733), Hanniel (H2592H) and Rizia (H7525); also called Ulla at 1Ch.7.39; Another name of shu.al (שׁוּעָל "Shual" H7777B) § Ulla = "yoke" an Asherite, head of a family in his tribe
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20184
βοοζύγιον
boozugion — ox-yoke
ox-yoke
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20488
ζευγίζω
zeugizō — to yoke together
yoke in pairs, unite
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20759
μονόζυξ
monozux — single, solitary
yoked alone , i. e. single, solitary , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;so μονοζῦγής, ές, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6279
ἀναζεύγνυμι
anazeugnumi — to break camp
1. to yoke again , ἀναζευγνύναι τὸν στρατόν to move off the army, (Herdotus Historicus); ἀν. τὸ στρατόπεδον to break up the camp, (Herdotus Historicus); ἀν. τὰς νῆας to move Them back, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. absolute to break up, shift one's quarters , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7526
ἑτερόζυγος
heterozugos — unequally yoked
coupled with an animal of diverse kind , (Septuagint Greek Bible) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7599
ζεύγνυμι
zeugnumi — harness
1. to yoke, put to , ἵππους (Homer), etc.; ζ. ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα, ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν, ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφιν, ὑπ᾽ ἀμάξηισιν (Iliad by Homer);—;(so in Mid., ἵππους ζεύγνυσθαι to put to one's horses, (Homer));—;also of riding horses, to harness, saddle and bridle , ζεῦξαι Πάγασον (Pindar):—;of chariots, to put to, get ready , (Homer) 2. to bind, bind fast , (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass., φάρη ἐζευγμέναι having them fastened , (Euripides) 3. metaphorically, πότμωι ζυγείς in the yoke of fate, (Pindar); ἀνάγκηι, ὁρκίοις ζυγείς (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. to join together , σανίδες ἐζευγμέναι well-joined , (Iliad by Homer) 5. to join in wedlock , (Euripides):—;in Mid., of the husband, to wed , (Euripides):—;Pass. to be married , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. to join opposite banks by bridges , τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ζεῦξαι (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;also, γέφυραν ζεῦξαι to form a bridge, (Herdotus Historicus) 7. to undergird ships with ropes , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7605
ζυγόω
zugoō — to join together
to yoke together , ζ. κιθάραν to put the cross-bar to the lyre, (Lucian) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7769
καινίζω
kainizō — to revive
to make new : hence, καί τι καινίζει στέγη and the house has something strange about it, (Sophocles Tragicus); καίνισον ζυγόν try on thy new yoke, handsel it, (Aeschulus Tragicus); κ. εὐχάς to offer new, strange prayers, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8027
κλοιός
kloios — a neck yoke
1. a dog-collar , especially a large wooden collar , put on mischievous dogs, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a sort of pillory , (Euripides) 3. χρύσεος κλ. a collar of gold, [Refs 5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called ’ol. (2.) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the Authorized Version rendered “yoke” is motah, which properly means a “staff,” or as in the Revised Version, “bar.” These words in the Hebrew are both used figuratively of severe bondage, or affliction, or subjection (Lev. 26:13; 1 Kings 12:4; Isa. 47:6; Lam. 1:14; 3:27). In the New Testament the word “yoke” is also used to denote servitude (Matt. 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10; Gal. 5:1). (3.) In 1 Sam. 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 1:3 the word thus translated is tzemed, which signifies a pair, two oxen yoked or coupled together, and hence in 1 Sam. 14:14 it represents as much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, like the Latin jugum. In Isa. 5:10 this word in the plural is translated “acres.”
Scripture references
Numbers 19:2Deuteronomy 21:3Jeremiah 27:2Jeremiah 28:10Jeremiah 28:12Leviticus 26:131 Kings 12:4Isaiah 47:6Lamentations 1:14Lamentations 3:27Matthew 11:29Matthew 11:30Acts 15:10Galatians 5:11 Samuel 11:71 Samuel 11:1Job 1:31 Samuel 14:14Isaiah 5:101 Kings 12:9-11Isaiah 9:4Jeremiah 5:5Jeremiah 28:131 Kings 19:191 Kings 19:21Judges 19:102 Kings 5:17Isaiah 21:7
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.