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Yoke

(1. ) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5923, H4132, H4133, G2201, G2218
Hebrew
עֹל · ʻôl
Greek
ζεῦγος · zeûgos

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מוֹט

H4132
Transliteration
môwṭ
Pronunciation
mote
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

bar, be moved, staff, yoke.

Lexicon definition

a wavering, i.e. fall

by implication, a pole (as shaking)

hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מוֹטָה

H4133
Transliteration
môwṭâh
Pronunciation
mo-taw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

bands, heavy, staves, yoke.

Lexicon definition

a pole

by implication, an ox-bow

hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ζεῦγος

G2201
Transliteration
zeûgos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

yoke, pair

Lexicon definition

a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ζυγός

G2218
Transliteration
zygós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
6

Glosses

pair of balances, yoke

Lexicon definition

a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation)

also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֹל

H5923
Transliteration
ʻôl
Pronunciation
ole
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
40

Glosses

yoke.

Lexicon definition

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Yoke

(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."

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Yoke

Indexed occurrences: 60

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Strong's Concordance

Yokes

Indexed occurrences: 1

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Acre

Is the translation of a word (tse'med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a space of ground that may be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a day. It is about an acre of our measure (Isa. 5:10; 1 Sam. 14:14).

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Ass

Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass of Western Asia, so called from its red colour. Issachar is compared to a strong ass (Gen. 49:14). It was forbidden to yoke together an ass and an ox in the plough (Deut. 22:10). (3.) The ass's colt (Heb. air), mentioned Judg. 10:4; 12:14. It is rendered "foal" in Gen. 32:15; 49:11. (Comp. Job 11:12; Isa. 30:6.) The ass is an unclean animal, because it does not chew the cud (Lev. 11:26. Comp. 2 Kings 6:25). Asses constituted a considerable portion of wealth in ancient times (Gen. 12:16; 30:43; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job 1:3; 42:12). They were noted for their spirit and their attachment to their master (Isa. 1:3). They are frequently spoken of as having been ridden upon, as by Abraham (Gen. 22:3), Balaam (Num. 22:21), the disobedient prophet (1 Kings 13:23), the family of Abdon the judge, seventy in number (Judg. 12:14), Zipporah (Ex. 4:20), the Shunammite (1 Sam. 25:30), etc. Zechariah (9:9) predicted our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt," etc. (Matt. 21:5, R.V.). Of wild asses two species are noticed, (1) that called in Hebrew 'arod, mentioned Job 39:5 and Dan. 5:21, noted for its swiftness; and (2) that called pe're, the wild ass of Asia (Job 39:6-8; 6:5; 11:12; Isa. 32:14; Jer. 2:24; 14:6, etc.). The wild ass was distinguished for its fleetness and its extreme shyness. In allusion to his mode of life, Ishmael is likened to a wild ass (Gen. 16:12. Here the word is simply rendered "wild" in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version, "wild-ass among men").

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Heifer

Heb. eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34). Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.

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Padon

his redemption; ox-yoke

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Tidal

that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation

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Yoke-fellow

(Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliffe renders the phrase "the german felowe", i.e., "thee, germane [=genuine] comrade." __________________________________________________________________

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Yoke

(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."

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