1) a yoke
1a) a yoke that is put on draught cattle
1b) metaphorically, used of any burden or bondage
1b1) as that of slavery
1b2) of troublesome laws imposed on one, especially of the Mosaic law, 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
2) a balance, pair of scales
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Citing in TDNT: 2:896, 301
G2218
From the root of ζεύγνυμι zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, that is, (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales): - pair of balances, yoke.
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| a yoke | 6.8 |
| b balance scale | 6.214 |
| (ἐπιτίθημι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον) load down with obligations | 22.27 |
| (εἰμὶ ὑπὸ ζυγόν) be a slave | 87.80 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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