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Lexicon :: Strong's H5923 - ʿōl

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עֹל
Transliteration
ʿōl
Pronunciation
ole
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1628a

Strong’s Definitions

עֹל ʻôl, ole; or עוֹל ʻôwl; from H5953; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively:—yoke.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H5923 in the following manner: yoke (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H5923 in the following manner: yoke (40x).

  1. yoke

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֹל ʻôl, ole; or עוֹל ʻôwl; from H5953; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively:—yoke.
STRONGS H5923: Abbreviations
† עֹל 39 noun masculine 1 Kings 12:4 yoke; — ע׳ absolute Hosea 11:4 +; construct Isaiah 9:3 +; suffix עֻלֵךְ Jeremiah 2:20; Isaiah 47:6, עֻלּוֺ Genesis 27:40 +, עֻלְּכֶם 1 Kings 12:11, etc.; — yoke, for cattle, עָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם ע׳ 1 Samuel 6:7, compare Numbers 19:2 (P), מָֽשְׁכָה בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 21:3; usually figurative of servitude 1 Kings 12:4, 10, 11 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 12:14 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 10:4, 10, 11 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 10:14; עַל נָתַן ע׳ 1 Kings 12:4, 9 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9; וְנָתַן ע׳ בַּרְזֶל עַלצַֿוָּארֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:48, so Jeremiah 28:14; עַלזָֿקִן הִכְבַּדְתְּ ע׳ Isaiah 47:6; also נָתַן (הֵבִיא) אֶתצַֿוָּארוֺ בְּעֹל Jeremiah 27:8, 11, 12; שָׁבַר ע׳ break the yoke Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 28:2, 4, 11; Jeremiah 30:8 (+ מֵעַל צ׳), so מֹטֹת ע׳ Leviticus 26:13 (H), Ezekiel 34:27 (see מוֺטָה); מָּרַק ע׳ Genesis 27:40 (J; + מֵעַל צ׳); הֵחֵת ע׳ Isaiah 9:3; compare הֵרִים ע׳ Hosea 11:4; also מֵעַל צ׳ יָסוּר ע׳ Isaiah 10:27, and Isaiah 14:25; figurative of transgressions Lamentations 1:14, strike out ע׳ Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Löhr Bu, but read עֹל Lamentations 1:14b (see id.); of hardship, נָשָׂא ע׳ Lamentations 3:27.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:40; 27:40

Leviticus

26:13

Numbers

19:2

Deuteronomy

21:3; 28:48

1 Samuel

6:7

1 Kings

12:4; 12:4; 12:4; 12:9; 12:10; 12:11; 12:11; 12:14

2 Chronicles

10:4; 10:4; 10:9; 10:10; 10:11; 10:14

Isaiah

9:3; 9:3; 10:27; 14:25; 47:6; 47:6

Jeremiah

2:20; 2:20; 5:5; 27:8; 27:11; 27:12; 28:2; 28:4; 28:11; 28:14; 30:8

Lamentations

1:14; 1:14; 3:27

Ezekiel

34:27

Hosea

11:4; 11:4

H5923

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Strong's Number H5923 matches the Hebrew עֹל (ʿōl),
which occurs 40 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 -
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother;
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose,
That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:12 - And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 -
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand;
They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail:
The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 -
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
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