Gloss
yoke, a frame and cross bar placed on draft animals to pull various objects; pair of scales, ancient balance-pan scales. To be under a yoke means to be in an oppressed condition such as slavery
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ζυγός, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration
zygos
Simplified transliteration
zygos
Numbers
Strong's number
2218
GK Number
2433
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
also spelled zugovn, ou, tov (n-2c), pr. a cross bar or band; a yoke; met. a yoke of servile condition, 1 Tim. 6:1; a yoke of service or obligation, Mt. 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10; Gal. 5:1; the beam of a balance; a balance, Rev. 6:5*
Greek-English Concordance for ζυγός
| Matthew 11:29 | Take my yoke (zygon | ζυγόν | acc sg masc) upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. |
| Matthew 11:30 | For my yoke (zygos | ζυγός | nom sg masc) is easy and my burden is light.” |
| Acts 15:10 | So now why are you testing God by putting a yoke (zygon | ζυγόν | acc sg masc) on the neck of the disciples, which neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? |
| Galatians 5:1 | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke (zygō | ζυγῷ | dat sg masc) of slavery. |
| 1 Timothy 6:1 | As many as are under the yoke (zygon | ζυγόν | acc sg masc) as slaves should consider their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and the teaching might not be blasphemed. |
| Revelation 6:5 | And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales (zygon | ζυγόν | acc sg masc) in his hand. |
