{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G2218",
  "lemma": "ζυγός",
  "transliteration": "zygós",
  "definition": "a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)",
  "kjv": "pair of balances, yoke",
  "occurrences": 68,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 11:29",
      "text": "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 11:30",
      "text": "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 15:10",
      "text": "Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/15?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Galatians 5:1",
      "text": "Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/5?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Timothy 6:1",
      "text": "Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/6?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Revelation 6:5",
      "text": "When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/6?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 21:25",
      "text": "The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things, but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/21?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 28:19",
      "text": "Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/28?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 28:20",
      "text": "For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/28?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 28:25",
      "text": "so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/28?v=25"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2218",
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}