Zugos

dzoo-gos'
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Zugos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 6
  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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
zugoß
Origin
from the root of zeugnumi (to join, especially by a "yoke")
Strong's Number
2218
TDNT Entry
2:896,301

NAS Word Usage

pair of scales
1
yoke
5
Total
6

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Zugos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.