What does "Yoke" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Yoke?

YOKE. This was much lighter than ours, and probably much larger, so that the cattle stood farther apart and the plough could more easily be made to avoid obstructions. It was simply a stick Yoke in Use in Palestine. a, b, timber of the yoke; c, d, the bows; e, f, pegs between which, at g, the end of the shaft comes, the shaft itself having been run through the rope between f and the cross-piece of wood h, i. laid upon the necks of the cattle, to which it was held by thongs instead of wooden bows, and in a similar manner it was attached to the plough-beam. In modern Syria wooden pins are sometimes used instead of thongs, the lower ends of which are held by a parallel stick under the necks of the oxen. The yoke was an appropriate emblem of subjection and of slavery, imprisonment, and severe rule, while the removal of it indicated the corresponding deliverance. Gen 27:40; Jer 2:20; Matt 11:29-30. Breaking the yoke also represents the rejection of authority. Nah 1:13.

What is the Hebrew word for Yoke?

Where does Yoke appear in the Bible?

Yoke is referenced in 34 verses across 15 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Kings 12:4
• 1 Kings 12:9
• 1 Kings 12:10
• 1 Kings 12:11
• 1 Kings 12:14
• 1 Timothy 6:1
• 2 Chronicles 10:4
• 2 Chronicles 10:9
• 2 Chronicles 10:10
• 2 Chronicles 10:11
• 2 Chronicles 10:14
• Acts 15:10
• Deuteronomy 28:48
• Ezekiel 34:27
• Galatians 5:1
• Genesis 27:40
• Hosea 11:4
• Isaiah 9:4
• Isaiah 10:27
• Isaiah 14:25
• Isaiah 47:6
• Jeremiah 2:20
• Jeremiah 5:5
• Jeremiah 27:11

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Yoke.