KJV dictionary & concordance

yoke

Meaning of “yoke”

Sense 1: A frame fitted to the necks of draft animals, joining them for work. Sense 2: A pair of animals so joined. Sense 3: A bond, burden, service, or condition of subjection.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

59 occurrences53 verses19 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 27:40

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Job 1:3

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His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 1:3 · retained source text

His substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

1611 marginal noteOr, husbandrie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sonnes of the East.

Job 42:12

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So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 42:12 · retained source text

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Matthew 11:30

my yoke is easy

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 27:40 1 Samuel 14:14 2 Chronicles 10:4 Isaiah 9:4 Jeremiah 27:8 Jeremiah 28:12 Hosea 11:4 1 Timothy 6:1 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:30

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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A piece of timber ... fitted with bows for receiving the necks of oxen; by which means two are connected for drawing. ... A mark of servitude; slavery; bondage. ... A chain; a link; a bond of connection. ... A couple; a pair; as a yoke of oxen. ... Service.

volume 2, leaf 951, column 3 (noun entry, senses 1-5)