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Lexicon :: Strong's G2218 - zygos

Aa
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).
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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 by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother;
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose,
That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah 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 Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, 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 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: 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 my vexation were but weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the balances!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 -
(Let me be weighed in an even balance,
That God may know mine integrity);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 -
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?
Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 -
Let us break their bonds asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 -
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
In the balances they will go up;
They are together lighter than vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1 -
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 -
A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s;
All the weights of the bag are his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 -
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And a false balance is not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

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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 burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 - Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; 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 - And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 -
It is good for a man that he bear the 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 sharp sword; as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27 - TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
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