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Lexicon :: Strong's G2218 - zygos

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ζυγός
Transliteration
zygos (Key)
Pronunciation
dzoo-gos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the root of zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:896,301

Strong’s Definitions

ζυγός zygós, dzoo-gos'; from the root of ζεύγνυμι zeúgnymi (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales):—pair of balances, yoke.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2218 in the following manner: yoke (5x), pair of balances (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2218 in the following manner: yoke (5x), pair of balances (1x).

  1. a yoke

    1. a yoke that is put on draught cattle

    2. metaph., 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζυγός zygós, dzoo-gos'; from the root of ζεύγνυμι zeúgnymi (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales):—pair of balances, yoke.
STRONGS G2218:
ζυγός, -οῦ, ὁ, for which in Greek writings before Polybius τὸ ζυγόν was more common, (from ζεύγνυμι);
1. a yoke;
a. properly, such as is put on draught-cattle.
b. metaphorically, used of any burden or bondage: as that of slavery, 1 Timothy 6:1 (Leviticus 26:13), δουλείας, Galatians 5:1 (Sophocles Aj. 944; δουλοσύνης, Demosthenes 322, 12); of troublesome laws imposed on one, especially of the Mosaic law, Acts 15:10; Galatians 5:1; 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: Matthew 11:29f (less aptly in Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 16, 17 Christians are called οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος ἐλθόντες [cf. Harnack at the passage]).
2. a balance, pair of scales: Revelation 6:5 (as in Isaiah 40:12; Leviticus 19:36; Plato, rep. 8, 550 e.; Aelian v. h. 10, 6; others).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
19:36; 26:13
Isaiah
40:12
Matthew
11:29
Acts
15:10
1 Corinthians
16; 16:17
Galatians
5:1; 5:1
1 Timothy
6:1
Revelation
6:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2218 matches the Greek ζυγός (zygos),
which occurs 53 times in 49 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - Ye shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - There shall be among you just balances and just weights and a just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where ye were slaves; and I broke the band of your yoke, and brought you forth openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not [fn]borne a yoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate somewhat of thy father's grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said to them, What do ye advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease somewhat of the yoke which thy father laid upon us?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten somewhat of it from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 - And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - (LXX 61:10) But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are [fn]all alike formed out of vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1 - False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 - The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - (LXX 9:3) Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that his yoke shall be taken away from thy shoulder, and his fear from thee, and the yoke shall be destroyed from off your shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 - The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, and shall be counted as spittle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make [fn]idols, and bow down, and worship them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I have been provoked with my people; thou hast defiled mine inheritance: I gave them into thy hand, but thou didst not extend mercy to them: thou madest the yoke of the aged man very heavy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou hast said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - (LXX 34:8) And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, saith the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - (LXX 34:11) But the nation which shall put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will even leave it upon its land, and it shall serve him, and dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - (LXX 35:2) Thus saith the Lord; I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - (LXX 35:4) and Jechonias, and the captivity of Juda: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - (LXX 35:11) And Ananias spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Thus will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremias went his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - (LXX 35:14) For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - (LXX 37:8) In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - (LXX 39:10) And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 - Teth. It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - And thou, son of man, take thee a sword sharper than a barber's razor; thou shalt procure it for thyself, and shalt bring it upon thine head, and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take a pair of scales, and shalt separate the hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslaved them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - Ye shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just chœnix for measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27 - Thekel; it has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - (LXX 12:8) As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.
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