עֹל
ʻôl · ole
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: or עוֹל; from H5953 (עָלַל);
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: yoke.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֹל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the yoke9 · 23%
- yoke5 · 13%
- our yoke3 · 8%
- to your yoke3 · 8%
- under the yoke3 · 8%
- his yoke2 · 5%
- a yoke2 · 5%
- of your yoke1 · 3%
- in the yoke1 · 3%
- no yoke1 · 3%
- your yoke1 · 3%
- made our yoke1 · 3%
- somewhat the yoke1 · 3%
- made your yoke1 · 3%
- and his yoke1 · 3%
- and the yoke1 · 3%
- then shall his yoke1 · 3%
- laid thy yoke1 · 3%
- thy yoke1 · 3%
- of their yoke1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.