[B-Greek] ZUGOS in Matt 11:29?
Sean Kelly
seank at microsoft.com
Tue Jul 15 19:25:37 EDT 2008
Sorry
Sean Kelly
Husband, Father, Follower
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sean Kelly
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ZUGOS in Matt 11:29?
The interesting question to me is when he says his yoke is easy is he necessarily implying that the burden would be born together with Him (ie two animals figuratively) or just that what He is asking us to carrying is light (ie as in the stick across the shoulders)
SeanK
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carlton Winbery
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ZUGOS in Matt 11:29?
>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.' e(tm)piqei^nai zugo\n
e(tm)pi« 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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winberycl at earthlink.net
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