עֹל ol

Hebrew word for “yoke” · Strong’s H5923 · used 40 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

yoke

How it is translated

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

• yoke 38
• some of yoke 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 12 (5), 2 Chronicles 10 (5), Jeremiah 28 (4), Jeremiah 27 (3), Genesis 27 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Numbers 19 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1)

Forms

• על 15
• עלכם 6
• בעל 4
• עלנו 4
• עלו 3
• ומעלו 2
• העל 2
• עלך 2
• ועלו 1
• עלם 1

Words used with it

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

• צַוָּאר tsavvar “neck” 10
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 11
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 9
• קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 6
• עַקְרָב aqrav “scorpion” 4
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 7
• אָב av “father” 10
• שׁוֹט shot “whip” 4
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 9
• כָּבֵד kavad “to honor” 5
• סֹבֶל sovel “burden” 3
• יָסַר yasar “to discipline” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from…
• Numbers 19:2 — This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot,…
• Deuteronomy 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all and he shall…
• Isaiah 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:27 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be…
• Isaiah 14:25 — That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off…
• Isaiah 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very…
• Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
• Jeremiah 5:5 — I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether…
• Jeremiah 27:12 — I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his…
• Lamentations 1:14 — The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me…
• 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.