ΖΥΓΟΝ, ζυγον
ZYGON, zygon
Sounds Like: ZOO-gon
Translations: yoke, a yoke, balance, a balance, pair, a pair
From the root: ΖΥΓΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a wooden bar or frame that is fitted over the necks of two animals, typically oxen, and attached to a plow or cart, allowing them to pull together. Metaphorically, it can represent a burden, servitude, or submission, but also a connection or partnership. It can also refer to the beam of a balance scale or a pair of things, such as a pair of scales or a pair of animals.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 103:11
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 16:17
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 8:31
- Psalms — 2:3
- Job — 39:10
- Sirach — 28:19, 28:25, 51:26
- Isaiah — 14:5, 47:6
- Jeremiah — 2:20, 5:5, 34:8, 34:11, 35:2, 35:4, 35:11, 35:14, 37:8
- Zephaniah — 3:9
- Matthew — 11:29
- Revelation — 6:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 8:213
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:18
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 53:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 27:40
- Deuteronomy — 21:3
- 2 Chronicles — 10:4, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14
- 1 Maccabees — 8:18, 8:31
- Psalms — 2:3
- Psalms of Solomon — 7:8, 17:32
- Job — 39:10
- Sirach — 28:19, 28:25, 51:26
- Isaiah — 14:5, 47:6
- Jeremiah — 2:20, 5:5, 34:6, 34:9, 35:2, 35:4, 35:11, 35:14, 37:8
- Lamentations — 3:27
- Ezekiel — 5:1, 34:27
- Amos — 8:5
- Zephaniah — 3:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 6:2
From the same root
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