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Nave Topical Bible
• Yoke
Thompson Chain Reference
• Yoke of Bondage
The Topic Concordance
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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• Marriage Custom & Yoke, No Sons: & Divorce
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Yoke-Fellow
• Yoke
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Yoke
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Yoke
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Yoke
Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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• Yoke
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Yoke
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Yoke, Yoked
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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• Yoke-Toed
• Yoked
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Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Yoke-Fellow
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Yoke
• Yoke-Fellow
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܙܰܘܓ݁ܳܐ
• ܢܺܝܪܳܐ
• Zeugma; or Unequal Yoke
• ἑτεροζυγέω
• ζεῦγος
• ζυγός
• כְּלִי
• מוֹט
• מוֹטָה
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Yoke.

1. A well-known implement of husbandry, frequently used metaphorically for subjection, for example, 1 Kings 12:4; 1 Kings 12:9-11; Isaiah 9:4; Jeremiah 5:5, hence, an "iron yoke" represents an unusually galling bondage. Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 28:13.

2. A pair of oxen, so termed as being yoked together. 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Kings 19:19; 1 Kings 19:21. The Hebrew term is also applied to asses, Judges 19:10, and mules, 2 Kings 5:17, and even to a couple of riders. Isaiah 21:7.

3. The term is also applied to a certain amount of land, 1 Samuel 14:14, equivalent to that which a couple of oxen could plough in a day, Isaiah 5:10, (Authorized Version, "acre"), corresponding to the Latin jugum.