[B-Greek] ZUGOS in Matt 11:29?
Carlton Winbery
winberycl at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 15 09:57:46 EDT 2008
>Hi.
>
>I was just wondering about the ZUGOS ('yoke') of Matt 11:29. In the 1st
>Century was this word used only of the yoke between two animals, or also of
>the yoke a person uses on their shoulder to make it easier to carry things?
>The English 'yoke' can mean various things, but I'm wondering what the 1st
>century user of ZUGOS would understand.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Craig Johnson
Paragraph 6.8 in Nida & Louw captures the essence of the figurative use.
6.8 zugos a, ouv m: a bar or frame of wood by which two draft animals
are joined at the head or neck in order to work together effectively
in pulling a plow, harrow, or wagon - 'yoke.' epiqeinai zugo\n
epi« to\n tra¿chlon tw×n maqhtw×n EIPQEINAI ZUGON EPI TON TRACHLON
TWN MAQHTWN 'to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples' Ac 15:10.
zugo/ßa ZUGOS occurs in the NT only in figurative contexts. In a
sense, this means that zugo/ß ZYGIS is itself figurative in meaning,
but the figure of speech is an extended figure in which case
individual components are normally regarded as having a literal
meaning.
The figurative use would not be limited to yoking together two animals.
Carlton Winbery
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Carlton L. Winbery
Retired Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
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