ΖΥΓΑ, ζυγα
ZYGA, zyga
Sounds Like: zy-GAH
Translations: yokes, pairs of scales, balances, pairs, teams
From the root: ΖΥΓΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a wooden bar or frame, typically placed on the necks of two animals (like oxen) to harness them together for plowing or pulling a cart. It can also refer to a pair of scales or a balance used for weighing, or more generally, a pair or a team of things. Metaphorically, it can represent a burden, servitude, or submission.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:194
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 88:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 19:36
From the same root
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