◄ 2218. zugos ►
Strong's Concordance zugos: a yoke Original Word: ζυγός, οῦ, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zugos Phonetic Spelling: (dzoo-gos') Short Definition: a yoke, heavy burden, pair of scales Definition: a yoke; hence met: (a Jewish idea) of a heavy burden, comparable to the heavy yokes resting on the bullocks' necks; a balance, pair of scales. HELPS Word-studies 2218 zygós – properly, a yoke; a wooden bar placed over the neck of a pair of animals so they can pull together; (figuratively) what unites (joins) two people to move (work) together as one. [2218 (zygós) unites two elements to work as one unit, like when two pans (weights) operate together on a balance-scale – or a pair of oxen pulling a single plough.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2218: ζυγός ζυγός, ζυγοῦ, ὁ, for which in Greek writings before Polybius τό 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; δουλοσυνης, 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 [ET] Christians are called οἱ ὑπό τόν ζυγόν 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance pair of balances, yoke. From the root of zeugnumi (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. Forms and Transliterations εζυγωμένα ζυγοί ζυγοίς ζυγον ζυγόν ζυγὸν ζύγον ζυγος ζυγός ζυγού ζυγω ζυγώ ζυγῷ ζύθον zugo zugō zugon zugos zygo zygō zygôi zygō̂i zygon zygón zygòn zygos zygós Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2218 6 Occurrences ζυγῷ — 1 Occ. ζυγόν — 4 Occ. ζυγός — 1 Occ. Matthew 11:29 N-AMS GRK: ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ' NAS: Take My yoke upon you and learn KJV: Take my yoke upon you, INT: Take the yoke of me upon Matthew 11:30 N-NMS GRK: ὁ γὰρ ζυγός μου χρηστὸς NAS: For My yoke is easy and My burden KJV: For my yoke [is] easy, and INT: the indeed yoke of me easy Acts 15:10 N-AMS GRK: θεόν ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν NAS: of the disciples a yoke which KJV: God, to put a yoke upon the neck INT: God to put a yoke upon the Galatians 5:1 N-DMS GRK: μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε NAS: again to a yoke of slavery. KJV: again with the yoke of bondage. INT: not again in a yoke of bondage be held 1 Timothy 6:1 N-AMS GRK: εἰσὶν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν δοῦλοι τοὺς NAS: are under the yoke as slaves KJV: are under the yoke count their own INT: are under a yoke slaves the Revelation 6:5 N-AMS GRK: αὐτὸν ἔχων ζυγὸν ἐν τῇ NAS: on it had a pair of scales in his hand. KJV: him had a pair of balances in his INT: it having a pair of scales in the 6 Occurrences