Strong's G2218 · Greek

ζυγός

zugos · dzoo-gos'

from the root of zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ζυγός (G2218)

6 ζυγός (in cl. more freq. τὸ ζυγόν ), -οῦ, ὁ ( ζεύγνυμι ), [in LXX for עֹל , מֹאזְנַיִם , etc.;] a yoke ; metaph., of bondage or submission to authority: Mt 11:29 , 30 , Ac 15:10 , Ga 5:1 , I Ti 6:1 . a balance : Re 6:5 (cf. Is 40:12 , al.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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