Strong's Lexicon
G2218 — ζυγός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2218 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ζυγός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the root of zeugnumi "to join, especially by a yoke" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | zugos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dzoo-gos' |
| Meaning: | 1. a coupling 2. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation) 3. (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales) |
| KJV Renderings: | pair of balances, yoke |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, 1Ti 6:1 (Lev 26:13), δουλείας, Gal 5:1 (Sophocles Aj. 944; δουλοσυνης, Demosthenes 322, 12); of troublesome laws imposed on one, especially of the Mosaic law, Act 15:10; Gal 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: Mat 11:29 f (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: Rev 6:5 (as in Isa 40:12; Lev 19:36; Plato, rep. 8, 550 e.; Aelian v. h. 10, 6; others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ζυγός (pair of balances)
Matthew 11:29
- KJV: Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls
- GK: άρατε τον ζυγόν μου εφ΄ υμάς και μάθετε απ΄ εμού ότι πράός ειμι και ταπεινός τη καρδία και ευρήσετε ανάπαυσιν ταις ψυχαίς υμών
Matthew 11:30
- KJV: For my yoke easy and my burden is light
- GK: ο γαρ ζυγός μου χρηστός και το φορτίον μου ελαφρόν εστιν
Acts 15:10
- KJV: Now therefore why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear
- GK: νυν ούν τι πειράζετε τον θεόν επιθείναι ζυγόν επί τον τράχηλον των μαθητών ον ούτε οι πατέρες ημών ούτε ημείς ισχύσαμεν βαστάσαι
Galatians 5:1
- KJV: Stand fast therefore the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not entangled again the yoke of bondage
- GK: τη ελευθερία ούν η χριστός ημάς ηλευθέρωσεν στήκετε και μη πάλιν ζυγώ δουλείας ενέχεσθε
1 Timothy 6:1
- KJV: Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour that the name of God and doctrine be not blasphemed
- GK: όσοι εισίν υπό ζυγόν δούλοι τους ιδίους δεσπότας πάσης τιμής αξίους ηγείσθωσαν ίνα μη το όνομα του θεού και η διδασκαλία βλασφημήται
Revelation 6:5
- KJV: And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third beast say Come and see And I beheld and lo a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand
- GK: και οτε ήνοιξε την σφραγίδα την τρίτην ήκουσα του τρίτου ζώου λέγοντος ερχου και βλεπε και είδον και ιδού ίππος μέλας και ο καθήμενος επ΄ αυτόν έχων ζυγόν εν τη χειρί αυτού