עֹל
ol
“yoke”
Definition
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
or עוֹל; from H5953 (עָלַל);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֹל appears 33 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
I was angry with My people;I profaned My heritage,and I placed them under your control.You showed them no mercy;even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
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