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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 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 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 BoxDeu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - And now take wood and make a new waggon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do ye yoke the cows to the waggon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he [fn]put upon us, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - And he said to them, What counsel do ye give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which thy father has put upon us?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt thou say to them, My [fn]little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and 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 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 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 14:25

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 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 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:12 - (LXX 34:12) I spoke also to Sedekias king of Juda according to all these words, saying, Put your neck into the yoke,

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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 BoxLam 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - Nun. He has watched over my sins, they are twined about my hands, they have come up on my neck: my strength has failed; for the Lord has laid pains on my hands, I shall not be able to stand.

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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 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 BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting another on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
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