Meaning
Yoke
1. A well-known implement of husbandry, frequently used metaphorically for subjection, e.g. (1Kgs 12:4; 1Kgs 1:12-11; Isaiah 9:4; Jeremiah 5:5) hence an "iron yoke" represents an unusually galling bondage. (28:48; Jeremiah 28:13)
2. A pair of oxen, so termed as being yoked together. (1Samuel 11:7; 1Kgs 19:19; 1Kgs 19:21) The Hebrew term is also applied to asses, (Judges 19:10) and mules, (2Kings 5:17) and even to a couple of riders. (Isaiah 21:7)
3. The term is also applied to a certain amount of land, (1Samuel 14:14) equivalent to that which a couple of oxen could plough in a day, (Isaiah 5:10) (Authorized Version "acre"), corresponding to the Latin jugum.
