עֹלʻôl
yoke (1 Kings 12:4; Hosea 11:4; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 2:20; Isaiah 47:6)
Pronunciation: ole · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5923
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 40 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
- Leviticus 26:13 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.
- Numbers 19:2 “Here is another legal requirement commanded by the Lord: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow.
- Deuteronomy 21:3 When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a heifer that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The Lord will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 “Now build a new cart, and find two cows that have just given birth to calves. Make sure the cows have never been yoked to a cart. Hitch the cows to the cart, but shut their calves away from them in a pen.
See every passage
- Genesis 27:40
- Leviticus 26:13
- Numbers 19:2
- Deuteronomy 21:3, 28:48
- 1 Samuel 6:7
- 1 Kings 12:4, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:14
- 2 Chronicles 10:4, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14
- Isaiah 9:4, 10:27, 14:25, 47:6
- Jeremiah 2:20, 5:5, 27:8, 27:11, 27:12, 28:2, 28:4, 28:11, 28:14, 30:8
- Lamentations 1:14, 3:27
- Ezekiel 34:27
- Hosea 11:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).