Yoke, Yoked
"a yoke," serving to couple two things together, is used (1) metaphorically, (a) of submission to authority, Mat 1:11-30, of Christ's "yoke," not simply imparted by Him but shared with Him; (b) of bondage, Act 15:10, Gal 5:1, of bondage to the Law as a supposed means of salvation; (c) of bondservice to masters, 1Ti 6:1; (2) to denote "a balance," Rev 6:5. See BALANCE.
"a pair of animals," Luk 14:19. See PAIR. "to be unequally yoked" (heteros, "another of a different sort," and A, No. 1), is used metaphorically in 2Co 6:14.
