Sense

1. yoke, for joining animals
2. yoke, burden
3. in general, anything which joins two pieces together: cross-bar, plank, beam
4. the balancing beam of a scale; the scale itself
5. rank (of soldiers)

Examples

• καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ σου ζήσῃ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου δουλεύσεις. ἔσται δὲ ἡνίκα ἐὰν καθέλῃς, καὶ ἐκλύσῃς τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:40)
• οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει, ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἐν σταθμοῖς καὶ ἐν ζυγοῖς. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:35)
• ζυγὰ δίκαια καὶ σταθμία δίκαια καὶ χοῦς δίκαιος ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:36)
• ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὄντων ὑμῶν δούλων, καὶ συνέτριψα τὸν δεσμὸν τοῦ ζυγοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ ἤγαγον ὑμᾶς μετὰ παρρησίας. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:13)
• καὶ ἔσται ἡ πόλις ἡ ἐγγίζουσα τῷ τραυματίᾳ καὶ λήψεται ἡ γερουσία τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης δάμαλιν ἐκ βοῶν, ἥτις οὐκ εἴργασται, καὶ ἥτις οὐχ εἵλκυσε ζυγόν, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 21:3)
• ὁ πατήρ σου ἐσκλήρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ νῦν ἄφες ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέος, οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 10:4)
• καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἐκτραφέντα μετ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες. οὕτως λαλήσεις τῷ λαῷ τῷ λαλήσαντι πρός σε λέγων. ὁ πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ ἄφες ἀφ ἡμῶν, οὕτως ἐρεῖς. ὁ μικρὸς δάκτυλός μου παχύτερος τῆς ὀσφύος τοῦ πατρός μου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 10:10)
• καὶ νῦν ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ζυγῷ βαρεῖ, κἀγὼ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν, ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ἐν μάστιξι κἀγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 10:11)

Similar forms

• ζυγὸν (106)
• ζυγοῦ (42)
• ζυγόν (37)
• ζυγὸς (16)
• ζυγοῖς (8)
• ζυγός (3)
• ζυγόφιν (2)
• Ζυγοὶ (2)
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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary