5923. ol

Strong's Lexicon

ol: Yoke, burden

Original Word: עֹל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `ol
Pronunciation: [ohl]
Phonetic Spelling: (ole)
Definition: Yoke, burden
Meaning: a yoke

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלַל (ʿālal), which means to act severely or deal with harshly.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - ζυγός (zygos) - Strong's Greek 2218: This Greek term is used in the New Testament to convey similar meanings of a yoke or burden, as seen in passages like Matthew 11:29-30.

Usage: The Hebrew word "עֹל" (ʿol) primarily refers to a yoke, a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals, such as oxen, are joined at the necks for working together. It symbolizes subjugation, burden, or servitude. In a broader sense, it can represent any form of oppression or heavy burden placed upon individuals or nations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient agrarian societies, the yoke was an essential tool for farming, allowing animals to pull plows or carts efficiently. The imagery of a yoke was commonly used in the Bible to describe the relationship between a ruler and his subjects or between God and His people. A yoke could symbolize both the positive aspect of guidance and the negative aspect of oppression. In the context of Israel's history, the yoke often represented the burdens of slavery or foreign domination, as well as the covenantal relationship with God, who offers a yoke that is easy and a burden that is light (cf. Matthew 11:29-30).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from alal
Definition
a yoke
NASB Translation
yoke (40).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֹל₃₉ noun masculine^{1Kings 12:4} yoke; — ׳ע absolute Hosea 11:4 +; construct Isaiah 9:3 +; suffix עֻלֵךְ Jeremiah 2:20; Isaiah 47:6, עֻלּוֺ Genesis 27:40 +, עֻלְּכֶם 1 Kings 12:11, etc.; — yoke, for cattle, עָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם ׳ע 1 Samuel 6:7, compare Numbers 19:2 (P), ׳מָֽשְׁכָה בְּע Deuteronomy 21:3; usually figurative of servitude 1 Kings 12:4,10,11 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 12:14 (twice in verse) = 2Chronicles 10:4,10,11 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 10:14; עַל ׳נָתַן ע 1 Kings 12:4,9 2Chronicles 10:4,9; ׳וְנָתַן ע בַּרְזֶל עַלצַֿוָּארֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:48, so Jeremiah 28:14; ׳עַלזָֿקִן הִכְבַּדְתְּ ע Isaiah 47:6; also נָתַן (הֵבִיא) אֶתצַֿוָּארוֺ בְּעֹל Jeremiah 27:8,11,12; ׳שָׁבַר ע break the yoke Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 28:2,4,11; Jeremiah 30:8 ( + ׳מֵעַל צ), so ׳מֹטֹת ע Leviticus 26:13 (H), Ezekiel 34:27 (see מוֺטָה); ׳מָּרַק ע Genesis 27:40 (J; + ׳מֵעַל צ); ׳הֵחֵת ע Isaiah 9:3; compare ׳הֵרִים ע Hosea 11:4; also ׳מֵעַל צ ׳יָסוּר ע Isaiah 10:27, and Isaiah 14:25; figurative of transgressions Lamentations 1:14, strike out ׳ע ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Löhr Bu, but read עֹל v^b (see id.); of hardship, ׳נָשָׂא ע Lamentations 3:27.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

yoke

Or mowl {ole}; from alal; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively -- yoke.

see HEBREW alal

Forms and Transliterations

בְּעֹ֖ל בְּעֹ֣ל בְּעֹ֥ל בְּעֹֽל׃ בעל בעל׃ הָעֹ֔ל העל וְעֻלּ֖וֹ וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ ומעלו ועלו עֹ֑ל עֹ֔ל עֹ֖ל עֹ֣ל עֹ֣ל ׀ עֹ֤ל עֹ֨ל עֹֽל׃ עֻלְּכֶ֑ם עֻלְּכֶ֔ם עֻלֵּ֑נוּ עֻלֵּ֔נוּ עֻלֵּ֖ךְ עֻלֵּ֗ךְ עֻלָּ֔ם עֻלּ֔וֹ עֻלּ֖וֹ עֻלּוֹ֙ על על׃ עלו עלך עלכם עלם עלנו ‘ōl ‘ul·lām ‘ul·lə·ḵem ‘ul·lê·nū ‘ul·lêḵ ‘ul·lōw ‘ullām ‘ullêḵ ‘ulləḵem ‘ullênū ‘ullōw bə‘ōl bə·‘ōl beOl hā‘ōl hā·‘ōl haOl Ol ū·mê·‘ul·lōw ulLam ulLech ulleChem ulLenu ulLo ūmê‘ullōw umeulLo veulLo wə‘ullōw wə·‘ul·lōw

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 27:40
HEB: תָּרִ֔יד וּפָרַקְתָּ֥ עֻלּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֥ל צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃
NAS: That you will break his yoke from your neck.
KJV: that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
INT: become you will break his yoke from your neck

Leviticus 26:13
HEB: וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אֶתְכֶ֖ם
NAS: the bars of your yoke and made you walk
KJV: the bands of your yoke, and made you go
INT: broke the bars of your yoke walk erect

Numbers 19:2
HEB: עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל׃
NAS: [and] on which a yoke has never
KJV: [and] upon which never came yoke:
INT: been placed and A yoke

Deuteronomy 21:3
HEB: לֹא־ מָשְׁכָ֖ה בְּעֹֽל׃
NAS: and which has not pulled in a yoke;
KJV: [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke;
INT: has not pulled A yoke

Deuteronomy 28:48
HEB: כֹּ֑ל וְנָתַ֞ן עֹ֤ל בַּרְזֶל֙ עַל־
NAS: an iron yoke on your neck
KJV: of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron
INT: of all will put yoke an iron on

1 Samuel 6:7
HEB: עָלָ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עֹ֑ל וַאֲסַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־
NAS: been a yoke; and hitch
KJV: on which there hath come no yoke, and tie
INT: been and A yoke and hitch the cows

1 Kings 12:4
HEB: הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת־ עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וְאַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה
NAS: Your father made our yoke hard; now
KJV: made our yoke grievous:
INT: your father made our yoke you now

1 Kings 12:4
HEB: אָבִ֜יךָ הַקָּשָׁ֗ה וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ הַכָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: and his heavy yoke which
KJV: and his heavy yoke which he put
INT: of your father the hard yoke and his heavy which

1 Kings 12:9
HEB: הָקֵל֙ מִן־ הָעֹ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַ֥ן
NAS: Lighten the yoke which
KJV: Make the yoke which thy father
INT: Lighten at the yoke which put

1 Kings 12:10
HEB: הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶת־ עֻלֵּ֔נוּ וְאַתָּ֖ה הָקֵ֣ל
NAS: made our yoke heavy,
KJV: made our yoke heavy,
INT: your father made our yoke now you make

1 Kings 12:11
HEB: הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י
NAS: you with a heavy yoke, I will add
KJV: you with a heavy yoke, I will add
INT: loaded and yoke A heavy I

1 Kings 12:11
HEB: אוֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־ עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר
NAS: I will add to your yoke; my father
KJV: I will add to your yoke: my father
INT: will add unto your yoke my father disciplined

1 Kings 12:14
HEB: הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶֽת־ עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף
NAS: made your yoke heavy,
KJV: made your yoke heavy,
INT: my father made your yoke I will add

1 Kings 12:14
HEB: אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־ עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר
NAS: but I will add to your yoke; my father
KJV: and I will add to your yoke: my father
INT: will add unto your yoke my father disciplined

2 Chronicles 10:4
HEB: הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת־ עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וְעַתָּ֡ה הָקֵל֩
NAS: Your father made our yoke hard; now
KJV: Thy father made our yoke grievous:
INT: your father made our yoke now lighten

2 Chronicles 10:4
HEB: אָבִ֜יךָ הַקָּשָׁ֗ה וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ הַכָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: and his heavy yoke which
KJV: and his heavy yoke that he put
INT: of your father the hard yoke and his heavy which

2 Chronicles 10:9
HEB: הָקֵל֙ מִן־ הָעֹ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַ֥ן
NAS: Lighten the yoke which
KJV: Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father
INT: Lighten at the yoke which put

2 Chronicles 10:10
HEB: הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶת־ עֻלֵּ֔נוּ וְאַתָּ֖ה הָקֵ֣ל
NAS: made our yoke heavy,
KJV: made our yoke heavy,
INT: your father made our yoke you make

2 Chronicles 10:11
HEB: הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י
NAS: you with a heavy yoke, I will add
KJV: a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more
INT: loaded and yoke A heavy I

2 Chronicles 10:11
HEB: אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־ עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר
NAS: I will add to your yoke; my father
KJV: upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father
INT: will add unto your yoke my father disciplined

2 Chronicles 10:14
HEB: אַכְבִּיד֙ אֶֽת־ עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף
NAS: made your yoke heavy,
KJV: My father made your yoke heavy,
INT: saying made your yoke I will add

Isaiah 9:4
HEB: כִּ֣י ׀ אֶת־ עֹ֣ל סֻבֳּל֗וֹ וְאֵת֙
NAS: For You shall break the yoke of their burden
KJV: For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,
INT: for the yoke of their burden and the staff

Isaiah 10:27
HEB: מֵעַ֣ל שִׁכְמֶ֔ךָ וְעֻלּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֣ל צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ
NAS: from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck,
KJV: from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck,
INT: from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck

Isaiah 10:27
HEB: צַוָּארֶ֑ךָ וְחֻבַּ֥ל עֹ֖ל מִפְּנֵי־ שָֽׁמֶן׃
NAS: from your neck, and the yoke will be broken
KJV: from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed
INT: your neck will be broken and the yoke because of fatness

Isaiah 14:25
HEB: וְסָ֤ר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ עֻלּ֔וֹ וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ מֵעַ֥ל
NAS: him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed
KJV: tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart
INT: will be removed Then his yoke and his burden from

40 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5923
40 Occurrences

bə·‘ōl — 4 Occ.
hā·‘ōl — 2 Occ.
‘ōl — 15 Occ.
‘ul·lām — 1 Occ.
‘ul·lêḵ — 2 Occ.
‘ul·lə·ḵem — 6 Occ.
‘ul·lê·nū — 4 Occ.
‘ul·lōw — 3 Occ.
ū·mê·‘ul·lōw — 2 Occ.
wə·‘ul·lōw — 1 Occ.