Dict: smith - YOKE

smith:

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