Strong's Concordance
Original word: ζυγός
Transliteration: zugos
Definition (short): yoke
Definition (full): a yoke
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from zeugnumi (to yoke)
Definition: a yoke
NASB Translation: pair of scales (1), yoke (5).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
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.
References
KJV:
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
NASB:
"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.
KJV:
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
NASB:
"For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
KJV:
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
NASB:
"Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
KJV:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
NASB:
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
KJV:
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
NASB:
All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.