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צֶמֶד
tsemed · Hebrew · Strong's H6776 · 15 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “yoke”
What it means
hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
a yoke or team (i.e. pair);
How the KJV renders it
acre, couple, two, yoke
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Where it appears
15 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Kings 19:19 HNcmpa1 Kings 19:21 HNcmsc1 Samuel 11:7 HNcmsc1 Samuel 14:14 HNcmsc2 Kings 5:17 HNcmsc2 Kings 9:25 HNcmpa2 Samuel 16:1 HC/NcmscIsaiah 5:10 HNcmpcIsaiah 21:7 HNcmscIsaiah 21:9 HNcmscJudges 19:3 HC/NcmscJudges 19:10 HNcmscJeremiah 51:23 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3msJob 1:3 HNcmscJob 42:12 HNcmsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.