מוֹטָה motah

Hebrew word for “yoke” · Strong’s H4133 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) pole, bar of yoke; 1a) pole; 1b) bar of yoke; 1b1) of oppression (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for motah in context, with how often each is used:

• yoke-bar 5
• yoke-bars 4
• bars 2
• poles 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 28 (3), Isaiah 58 (2), Leviticus 26 (1), 1 Chronicles 15 (1), Jeremiah 27 (1), Ezekiel 30 (1), Ezekiel 34 (1)

Forms

• מוטה 3
• מטות 3
• המוטה 2
• מטת 1
• במטות 1
• ומטות 1
• מוטת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with motah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 6
• חֲנַנְיָהוּ chananyah “Hananiah” 3
• צַוָּאר tsavvar “neck” 3
• עֹל ol “yoke” 2
• יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmeyah “Jeremiah” 2
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 2
• עֵץ ets “tree” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
• כֹּה koh “thus” 2
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 2

Key verses

The verses using motah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 26:13 — I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and…
• 1 Chronicles 15:15 — And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every…
• Isaiah 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting…
• Jeremiah 27:2 — Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
• Jeremiah 28:10 — Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
• Jeremiah 28:12 — Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
• Jeremiah 28:13 — Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
• Ezekiel 30:18 — At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a…
• Ezekiel 34:27 — And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.