Dictionaries :: Yoke, Yoked

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Yoke, Yoked:

"a yoke," serving to couple two things together, is used

(1) metaphorically,

(a) of submission to authority, Mat 11:29, 30, of Christ's "yoke," not simply imparted by Him but shared with Him;

(b) of bondage, Act 15:10; Gal 5:1, of bondage to the Law as a supposed means of salvation;

(c) of bondservice to masters, 1Ti 6:1;

(2) to denote "a balance," Rev 6:5.
See BALANCE.

Yoke, Yoked:

"a pair of animals," Luk 14:19.
See PAIR.

Yoke, Yoked:

"to be unequally yoked" (heteros, "another of a different sort," and A,
No. 1), is used metaphorically in 2Cr 6:14.