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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")
Dictionary Aids

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, , 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 -

“By your sword you shall live,

And your brother you shall serve;

But it shall be when you become restless,

That you will [fn]break his yoke from your neck.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 -

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or in volume.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have [fn]just balances, [fn]just weights, a [fn]just [fn]ephah, and a [fn]just [fn]hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - ‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they take to you a red heifer without blemish, in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never [fn]been placed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father made our yoke harsh; but now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - Then the young men who grew up with him spoke with him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.’ Thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘So now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 -

“Oh that my vexation were actually weighed

And laid in the balances together with my destruction!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 -

Let Him weigh me with [fn]just scales,

And let God know my integrity.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 -

“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with [fn]ropes,

Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 -

“Let us tear their fetters apart

And cast away their cords from us!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 -

Surely [fn]men of low degree are merely vanity and [fn]men of rank are a lie;

In the balances they go up;

They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1 -

A deceptive balance is an abomination to Yahweh,

But a just weight is His delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 -

A just balance and scales belong to Yahweh;

All the [fn]weights of the bag are His [fn]work.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 -

[fn]Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh,

And a deceitful balance is not good.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 -

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of worthlessness,

And sin as if with cart ropes,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 -

For You shall shatter the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,

The rod of their taskmaster, as [fn]at the battle of Midian.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - So it will be in that day, that [fn]his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 -

“Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,

The scepter of rulers

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - to break Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 -

“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you,

Because the rod that struck you is broken;

For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,

And its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And [fn]encompassed the heavens by the [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 -

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,

And are counted as a speck of dust on the scales;

Behold, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who lavish gold from the purse

And weigh silver on the scale,

They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

They fall down, indeed they worship it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 -

“I was furious with My people;

I profaned My inheritance

And gave them into your hand.

You did not show compassion to them,

On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 -

“For long ago [fn]I broke your yoke

And tore off your bonds;

But you said, ‘I will not serve!’

For on every high hill

And under every green tree

You have lain down as a harlot.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 -

“Let me go to the great

And let me speak to them,

For they know the way of Yahweh

And the legal judgment of their God.”

But they too, altogether, have broken the yoke

And torn apart the bonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 -

“And it will be, that the nation or the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,” declares Yahweh, “until I have brought [fn]it to an end by his hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - “But the nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it on its land,” declares Yahweh, “and they will serve it and inhabit it.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - ‘I am also going to return to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah spoke in the sight of all the people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - ‘For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. And I have even given him the beasts of the field.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 -

‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your bonds; and strangers will no longer make [fn]them their slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - “And I [fn]signed and sealed the deed and called in witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 -

It is good for a man that he should bear

The yoke in his youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 -

“Now as for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and [fn]use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide [fn]the hair.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - “Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its produce, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 -

“You shall have just balances, a just [fn]ephah, and a just [fn]bath.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27 - “‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 -

“And through his insight

He will cause deceit to succeed by his hand;

And he will magnify himself in his heart,

And he will [fn]destroy many while they are [fn]at ease.

He will even stand against the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 -

A [fn]merchant, in whose hands are deceptive balances,

He loves to oppress.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying,

“When will the new moon pass over,

So that we may sell grain,

And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,

To make the [fn]bushel smaller and the [fn]shekel bigger,

And to cheat with a deceptive balance,

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 -

“Can I purify wicked scales

And a bag of deceptive weights?

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 -

“For then I will change them to peoples with purified lips,

That all of them may call on the name of Yahweh,

To serve Him [fn]shoulder to shoulder.

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