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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “Here is another legal requirement commanded by the LORD: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a young cow that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The LORD will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - “Now build a new cart, and find two cows that have just given birth to calves. Make sure the cows have never been yoked to a cart. Hitch the cows to the cart, but shut their calves away from them in a pen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid[fn] heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For you will break the yoke of their slavery
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people.
He will break the yoke of slavery
and lift it from their shoulders.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
nor bow down under their heavy loads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
‘I will not serve you.’
On every hill and under every green tree,
you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - So I will go and speak to their leaders.
Surely they know the ways of the LORD
and understand God’s laws.”
But the leaders, too, as one man,
had thrown off God’s yoke
and broken his chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - So you must submit to Babylon’s king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon’s yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the LORD. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - But the people of any nation that submits to the king of Babylon will be allowed to stay in their own country to farm the land as usual. I, the LORD, have spoken!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:12 - Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. “If you want to live, submit to the yoke of the king of Babylon and his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - And I will bring back Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the other captives that were taken to Babylon. I will surely break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on your necks. I, the LORD, have spoken!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - For in that day,”
says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
“I will break the yoke from their necks
and snap their chains.
Foreigners will no longer be their masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - “He wove my sins into ropes
to hitch me to a yoke of captivity.
The Lord sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies;
I am helpless in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 - And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led Israel along
with my ropes of kindness and love.
I lifted the yoke from his neck,
and I myself stooped to feed him.
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