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Koine Greek wordlink #7024

SR GNT Mat 11:29 ζυγόν (zugon) ‘take_up the yoke of me on you_all’ Strongs=22180 Lemma=zugos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ζυγόν (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ζυγόν’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘yoke’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘zugos’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a scale’, ‘a yoke’, ‘in a yoke’, ‘yoke’.

Greek words (4) other than ζυγόν (N-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘yoke’

MAT 11:30 ζυγός (zugos) N-NMS ‘the for yoke of me is easy and’ SR GNT Mat 11:30 word 3

ACTs 15:10 ζυγὸν (zugon) N-AMS ‘you_all are testing god to put_on a yoke on the neck’ SR GNT Acts 15:10 word 8

GAL 5:1 ζυγῷ (zugōi) N-DMS ‘and not again in a yoke of slavery be_being entangled’ SR GNT Gal 5:1 word 14

1TIM 6:1 ζυγὸν (zugon) N-AMS ‘as_many_as are under a yoke slaves their own’ SR GNT 1Tim 6:1 word 4

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular