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2218 – ζυγός (zugos)

yoke


Type:
Noun
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Greek: ζυγός (zugos)
Pronunciation: dzoo-gos
Gematria: 486(7 + 400 + 3 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From the root of zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke")
Usage: 6 times in NT

Description

  1. A yoke.
    1. A yoke that is put on draught cattle.
    2. Metaphor, used of any burden or bondage.
      1. As that of slavery.
      2. Of troublesome laws imposed on one, esp. Of the Mosaic law, hence the name is so transferred to the commands of Christ as to contrast them with the commands of the Pharisees which were a veritable "yoke"; yet even Christ's commands must be submitted to, though easier to be kept.
  2. A balance, pair of scales.


Word root

Word with zugos as root:

ἑτεροζυγέωheterozugeoG2086be unequally yoked together with
ὑποζύγιονhupozugionG5268ass

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into zugos :

טְוָתtevatA2908fasting
מֹאזֵןmozenH3976balance
מַטֶּהmatehH4294tribe
מְשׂוּרָהmesorahH4884capacity
סֹ֫בֶלsovelH5448burden
עֲבֹתavotH5688cord
עֹלolH5923yoke
קָנֶהqanehH7070branch
שֵׁ֫בֶטshevetH7626tribe
שְׁכֶםshechemH7926shoulder

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM-4
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
N-DSM-1
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM-1


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Usage in NT


2
1
1
1
1
Total    6

References (6 occurances in 6 verses)




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