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number - 2218
orig_word - ζυγός
word_orig - from the root of zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke")
translit - zugos
tdnt - 2:896,301
phonetic - dzoo-gos'
part_of_speech - Noun Masculine
st_def - 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):--pair of balances, yoke.
IPD_def -

1. a yoke
   1. a yoke that is put on draught cattle
   2. metaph., used of any burden or bondage
      1. as that of slavery
      2. of troublesome laws imposed on one, esp. 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

English - pair of balances, yoke
letter - d
data - {"def":{"short":"a coupling, i.e., (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)","long":["a yoke",["a yoke that is put on draught cattle","metaphorically, used of any burden or bondage",["as that of slavery","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"]],"a balance, pair of scales"]},"deriv":"from the root of ζεύγνυμι (to join, especially by a \"yoke\")","pronun":{"ipa":"zyˈɣos","ipa_mod":"zjuˈɣows","sbl":"zygos","dic":"zoo-GOSE","dic_mod":"zyoo-GOSE"}}
usages - pair of balances, yoke
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id - 2218
strongs - 2218
base_word - ζυγός
data - {"def":{"short":"a coupling, i.e., (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)","long":["a yoke",["a yoke that is put on draught cattle","metaphorically, used of any burden or bondage",["as that of slavery","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"]],"a balance, pair of scales"]},"deriv":"from the root of ζεύγνυμι (to join, especially by a \"yoke\")","pronun":{"ipa":"zyˈɣos","ipa_mod":"zjuˈɣows","sbl":"zygos","dic":"zoo-GOSE","dic_mod":"zyoo-GOSE"}}
usage - pair of balances, yoke

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