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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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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 - καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαχαίρῃ σου ζήσῃ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου δουλεύσεις ἔσται δὲ ἡνίκα ἐὰν καθέλῃς καὶ ἐκλύσεις τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἐν σταθμίοις καὶ ἐν ζυγοῖς G2218
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ζυγὰ G2218 δίκαια καὶ στάθμια δίκαια καὶ χοῦς δίκαιος ἔσται ὑμῖν ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος θεὸς ὑμῶν ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ὄντων ὑμῶν δούλων καὶ συνέτριψα τὸν δεσμὸν τοῦ ζυγοῦ G2218 ὑμῶν καὶ ἤγαγον ὑμᾶς μετὰ παρρησίας
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - αὕτη διαστολὴ τοῦ νόμου ὅσα συνέταξεν κύριος λέγων λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ λαβέτωσαν πρὸς σὲ δάμαλιν πυρρὰν ἄμωμον ἥτις οὐκ ἔχει ἐν αὐτῇ μῶμον καὶ οὐκ ἐπεβλήθη ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ζυγός G2218
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - καὶ ἔσται πόλις ἐγγίζουσα τῷ τραυματίᾳ καὶ λήμψεται γερουσία τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης δάμαλιν ἐκ βοῶν ἥτις οὐκ εἴργασται καὶ ἥτις οὐχ εἵλκυσεν ζυγόν G2218
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - πατήρ σου ἐσκλήρυνεν τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 ἡμῶν καὶ νῦν ἄφες ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ G2218 αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέος οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τί ὑμεῖς βουλεύεσθε καὶ ἀποκριθήσομαι λόγον τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ οἳ ἐλάλησαν πρός με λέγοντες ἄνες ἀπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ G2218 οὗ ἔδωκεν πατήρ σου ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἐκτραφέντα μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ οὕτως λαλήσεις τῷ λαῷ τῷ λαλήσαντι πρὸς σὲ λέγων πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνεν τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ ἄφες ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν οὕτως ἐρεῖς μικρὸς δάκτυλός μου παχύτερος τῆς ὀσφύος τοῦ πατρός μου
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - καὶ νῦν πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ζυγῷ G2218 βαρεῖ καὶ ἐγὼ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 ὑμῶν πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ἐν μάστιγξιν καὶ ἐγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τῶν νεωτέρων λέγων πατήρ μου ἐβάρυνεν τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 ὑμῶν καὶ ἐγὼ προσθήσω ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ἐν μάστιγξιν καὶ ἐγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργήν τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ G2218 ὁμοθυμαδόν
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - ἱσταίη με ἄρα ἐν ζυγῷ G2218 δικαίῳ οἶδεν δὲ κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 - δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν G2218 αὐτοῦ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - διαρρήξωμεν τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπορρίψωμεν ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - (LXX 61:10)πλὴν μάταιοι οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ψευδεῖς οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν ζυγοῖς G2218 τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι αὐτοὶ ἐκ ματαιότητος ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1 - ζυγοὶ G2218 δόλιοι βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον κυρίου στάθμιον δὲ δίκαιον δεκτὸν αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 - ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ G2218 δικαιοσύνη παρὰ κυρίῳ τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτοῦ στάθμια δίκαια
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ δισσὸν στάθμιον καὶ ζυγὸς G2218 δόλιος οὐ καλὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὡς σχοινίῳ μακρῷ καὶ ὡς ζυγοῦ G2218 ἱμάντι δαμάλεως τὰς ἀνομίας
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - (LXX 9:3)διότι ἀφῄρηται ζυγὸς G2218 ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν κείμενος καὶ ῥάβδος ἐπὶ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῶν τὴν γὰρ ῥάβδον τῶν ἀπαιτούντων διεσκέδασεν κύριος ὡς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐπὶ Μαδιαμ
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀφαιρεθήσεται φόβος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ζυγὸς G2218 αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὤμου σου καὶ καταφθαρήσεται ὁ ζυγὸς G2218 ἀπὸ τῶν ὤμων ὑμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 - συνέτριψεν θεὸς τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 τῶν ἀρχόντων
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - τοῦ ἀπολέσαι τοὺς Ἀσσυρίους ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἐμῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρέων μου καὶ ἔσονται εἰς καταπάτημα καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ζυγὸς G2218 αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κῦδος αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὤμων ἀφαιρεθήσεται
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - μὴ εὐφρανθείητε πάντες οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι συνετρίβη γὰρ ζυγὸς G2218 τοῦ παίοντος ὑμᾶς ἐκ γὰρ σπέρματος ὄφεων ἐξελεύσεται ἔκγονα ἀσπίδων καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτῶν ἐξελεύσονται ὄφεις πετόμενοι
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - τίς ἐμέτρησεν τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν σπιθαμῇ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν δρακί τίς ἔστησεν τὰ ὄρη σταθμῷ καὶ τὰς νάπας ζυγῷ G2218
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - εἰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὡς σταγὼν ἀπὸ κάδου καὶ ὡς ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ G2218 ἐλογίσθησαν καὶ ὡς σίελος λογισθήσονται
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - οἱ συμβαλλόμενοι χρυσίον ἐκ μαρσιππίου καὶ ἀργύριον ἐν ζυγῷ G2218 στήσουσιν ἐν σταθμῷ καὶ μισθωσάμενοι χρυσοχόον ἐποίησαν χειροποίητα καὶ κύψαντες προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτοῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - παρωξύνθην ἐπὶ τῷ λαῷ μου ἐμίανας τὴν κληρονομίαν μου ἐγὼ ἔδωκα εἰς τὴν χεῖρά σου σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς ἔλεος τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἐβάρυνας τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 σφόδρα
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - ὅτι ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν G2218 σου διέσπασας τοὺς δεσμούς σου καὶ εἶπας οὐ δουλεύσω ἀλλὰ πορεύσομαι ἐπὶ πᾶν βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου κατασκίου ἐκεῖ διαχυθήσομαι ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ μου
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - πορεύσομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἁδροὺς καὶ λαλήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐπέγνωσαν ὁδὸν κυρίου καὶ κρίσιν θεοῦ καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁμοθυμαδὸν συνέτριψαν ζυγόν G2218 διέρρηξαν δεσμούς
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - (LXX 34:8)καὶ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ὅσοι ἐὰν μὴ ἐμβάλωσιν τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἐπισκέψομαι αὐτούς εἶπεν κύριος ἕως ἐκλίπωσιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - (LXX 34:11)καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ἐὰν εἰσαγάγῃ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἐργάσηται αὐτῷ καὶ καταλείψω αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐργᾶται αὐτῷ καὶ ἐνοικήσει ἐν αὐτῇ
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - (LXX 35:2)οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος συνέτριψα τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - (LXX 35:4)καὶ Ιεχονιαν καὶ τὴν ἀποικίαν Ιουδα ὅτι συντρίψω τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - (LXX 35:11)καὶ εἶπεν Ανανιας κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος οὕτως συντρίψω τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἀπὸ τραχήλων πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ᾤχετο Ιερεμιας εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - (LXX 35:14)ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ζυγὸν G2218 σιδηροῦν ἔθηκα ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐργάζεσθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - (LXX 37:8)ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἶπεν κύριος συντρίψω τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν διαρρήξω καὶ οὐκ ἐργῶνται αὐτοὶ ἔτι ἀλλοτρίοις
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - (LXX 39:10)καὶ ἔγραψα εἰς βιβλίον καὶ ἐσφραγισάμην καὶ διεμαρτυράμην μάρτυρας καὶ ἔστησα τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν ζυγῷ G2218
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 - ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν G2218 ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λαβὲ σεαυτῷ ῥομφαίαν ὀξεῖαν ὑπὲρ ξυρὸν κουρέως κτήσῃ αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ καὶ ἐπάξεις αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν πώγωνά σου καὶ λήμψῃ ζυγὸν G2218 σταθμίων καὶ διαστήσεις αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - καὶ τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ δώσει τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν καὶ γῆ δώσει τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰρήνης καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ἐν τῷ συντρῖψαί με τὸν ζυγὸν G2218 αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξελοῦμαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν καταδουλωσαμένων αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - ζυγὸς G2218 δίκαιος καὶ μέτρον δίκαιον καὶ χοῖνιξ δικαία ἔστω ὑμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27 - θεκελ ἐστάθη ἐν ζυγῷ G2218 καὶ εὑρέθη ὑστεροῦσα
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - καὶ ζυγὸς G2218 τοῦ κλοιοῦ αὐτοῦ κατευθυνεῖ δόλος ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ μεγαλυνθήσεται καὶ δόλῳ διαφθερεῖ πολλοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ ἀπωλείας πολλῶν στήσεται καὶ ὡς ᾠὰ χειρὶ συντρίψει
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - (LXX 12:8)Χανααν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ζυγὸς G2218 ἀδικίας καταδυναστεύειν ἠγάπησε
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - (LXX 8:5)οἱ λέγοντες πότε διελεύσεται μὴν καὶ ἐμπολήσομεν καὶ τὰ σάββατα καὶ ἀνοίξομεν θησαυροὺς τοῦ ποιῆσαι μικρὸν μέτρον καὶ τοῦ μεγαλῦναι στάθμια καὶ ποιῆσαι ζυγὸν G2218 ἄδικον
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - (LXX 6:11)εἰ δικαιωθήσεται ἐν ζυγῷ G2218 ἄνομος καὶ ἐν μαρσίππῳ στάθμια δόλου
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - (LXX 3:9)ὅτι τότε μεταστρέψω ἐπὶ λαοὺς γλῶσσαν εἰς γενεὰν αὐτῆς τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι πάντας τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτῷ ὑπὸ ζυγὸν G2218 ἕνα
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