Greek noun (masculine) · G2218
ζυγός
zygosdzoo-gos'
a yoke; a balance
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zygós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2218is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2218
a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)
The King James renders it: pair of balances, yoke.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zygos is rendered "a yoke; a balance". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a yoke".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:29ζυγόν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a yoke, and a balance.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a yokemetaphorically, of bondage or submission to authority | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart… |
| a balanceRev.6:5 (of. Isa.40:12 | Tagged as
| WhereIsaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ζυγὸν3
- ζυγόν1
- ζυγός1
- ζυγῷ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Matthew
two uses
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- ζυγόνzugonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: yoke
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
- ζυγόςzugosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: yoke
Acts
one use
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
- ζυγὸνzugonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a yoke
Galatians
one use
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- ζυγῷzugonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: in a yoke
1 Timothy
one use
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
- ζυγὸνzugonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a yoke
Revelation
one use
And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
- ζυγὸνzugonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a pair of scales
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.