zugos

Strong’sG2218

a yoke, heavy burden, pair of scales

stem zug-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ζυγός (in cl. more freq. τὸ ζυγόν), -οῦ, ὁ

(< ζεύγνυμι), [in LXX for עֹל, מֹאזְנַיִם, etc.;]

1. a yoke; metaph., of bondage or submission to authority: Mt 11:29, 30, Ac 15:10, Ga 5:1, I Ti 6:1.

2. a balance: Re 6:5 (cf. Is 40:12, al.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2218 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddzoo-gos'

a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)

Fromfrom the root of ζεύγνυμι (to join, especially by a "yoke");

King Jamespair of balances, yoke.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ζῠγόν, τό,
also ζυγός, ὁ, (in various senses), NT+5th c.BC+: rarely in plural, ζυγοί LXX+5th c.BC+: Delph. δυγός (which see).
I yoke of a plough or carriage, ζ. ἵππειον Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν (i.e. ζυγοῦ) λύον ἵππους Refs 8th c.BC+. 'to be in the same boat', Refs 3rd c.BC+
I.2 metaphorically, ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖται Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐπαυχένιον λαβεῖν ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δούλιον ζ. the yoke of slavery, Refs 5th c.BC+; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ.. so as to prevent.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II crossbar of the φόρμιγξ, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα συζυγία Refs
III in plural, thwarts or benches joining the opposite sides of a ship, Refs 8th c.BC+: rarely in singular, θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόν Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, of the seat of authority compared to the helmsman's seat, ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορό; while on the main thwart sits authority, Refs 4th c.BC+; also of a coachman's seat, box, Refs 6th c.AD+
III.2 in plural, panels of a door, Refs; compare ζευγίον.
IV beam of the balance, ζυγὸν ταλάντου Refs 4th c.BC+: hence, the balance itself (compare πῆχυς IV), αἴρειν τὸν ζυγόν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν πλάστιγγι ζυγοῦ κεῖσθαι Refs; ζυγῷ or ἐν τῷ ζ. ἱστάναι, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.b the constellation Refs 2nd c.BC+
V καρχασίου the yard-arm at the mast head, Refs 5th c.BC+
VI cross-strap of a sandal, Refs 5th c.BC+; ζυγός, ὁ, Refs 9th c.AD+
VII pair, κλεινὸν ζυγόν, of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ ζυγά in pairs, Refs 4th c.BC+
VIII rank or line of soldiers, opposed to file (στοῖχος), ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ζ. ἐμάχοντο τέσσαρες Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ ζυγόν line with line, Refs 2nd c.BC+; especially front rank, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also of the Chorus, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IX ζυγὰ ἢ ἄζυγα even or odd, a game, Refs 5th c.BC+
X measure of land, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

yoke5×pair of scales1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	zugos1×ζυγός	zugois
object accusative	zugon4×ζυγὸν	zugoin
direct address vocative	zugor	zugoir
of, belonging to genitive	zugou	zugoiu
to, for dative	zugo1×ζυγῷ	zugoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

zugstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

zugo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

zugos“yoke”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 11:30tos gar zugos mu chrēstos kai tem fortiem mu …For My yoke is easy and My burden is …

zugon“yoke”objectaccusative singular4×

Matthew 11:29airavar ton zugon mu epi vin kai mathavar apo …Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me …

Acts 15:10… oun tinem peirazavō ton theon, epitithara zugon epi ton trachēlon toiu mathētoiu hon …… the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers …

1 Timothy 6:1Hosois alō hupo zugon doulois, toin idioin despotoin pantau timau …All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters …

Revelation 6:5… kai tos kathorōntos epi auton echarōntos zugon en ta cheira autou.… rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

zugo“yoke”to, fordative singular1×

Galatians 5:1… eleutherata; stēkavōr oun kai mē palin zugo douleiau enechovōr.… be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.