Yoke
מוֹטStrong’s H4132mot
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mot is the Hebrew word usually translated “carrying frame”, “slip” and “on the pole”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.”
Meaning
- A shaking, wavering, pole, bar of yokea shaking, tottering · pole, bar (for carrying) · bar of yoke
How it's translated
- the carrying frame 2
- to slip 2
- on the pole 1
- yoke-bar his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 3
- Psalms 2
- Nahum 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 4:12And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:
- Numbers 13:23And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
- Psalms 66:9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- Psalms 121:3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Nahum 1:13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹט mot · yoke
1) a shaking, wavering, pole, bar of yoke 1a) a shaking, tottering 1b) pole, bar (for carrying) 1c) bar of yoke
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “yoke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
YOKE, noun
[G., Latin, Gr.]
- A piece of timber, hollowed or made curving near each end, and fitted with bows for receiving the necks of oxen; by which means two are connected for drawing.
- A mark of servitude; slavery; bondage.
- A chain; a link; a bond of connection; as the yoke of marriage.
- A couple; a pair; as a yoke of oxen.
All definitions and other forms of “yoke”
- Service.“My yoke is easy” Matthew 11:30
YOKE, verb transitive
- To put a yoke on; to join in a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or a pair of oxen.
- To couple; to join with another.
- To enslave; to bring into bondage.
- To restrain; to confine.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.