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