ΖΥΓΟΙΣ, ζυγοις
ZYGOIS, zygois
Sounds Like: zy-GOH-ees
Translations: (to) yokes, (to) balances, (to) scales, (to) pairs
From the root: ΖΥΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a yoke, a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals are joined at the heads or necks for working together. It can also refer to a pair of scales or balances used for weighing, or more generally, to a pair of things. In a metaphorical sense, it can represent a burden, servitude, or submission. The form ΖΥΓΟΙΣ is the dative plural of the noun.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 61:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΥΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΖΥΓΟ — yoke, a yoke, balance, a balance, pair, a pair
- ΖΥΓΟΙ — yokes, balances, scales
- ΖΥΓΟΣ — yoke, a yoke, balance, a balance, pair, a pair, scales, a scales
- ΖΥΓΟΥ — (of) a yoke, (of) a balance, (of) a pair of scales, (of) a burden
- ΖΥΓΩ — (to) a yoke, (to) a balance, (to) a pair of scales, (to) a beam
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