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G2086 ἑτεροζυγέω (heterozygéō)
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Quick Definition

ἑτεροζυγέω v. I am yoked with one different from myself

Strong's Definition

from a compound of 2087 and 2218; to yoke up differently, i.e. (figuratively) to associate discordantly

KJV Usage: unequally yoke together with

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | ἕτερος + ζυγός

34.9 · Association · Associate

to be mismatched, to be wrongly matched to be wrongly or poorly matched in an association It is often necessary to indicate somewhat more precisely the manner in which one may be wrongly matched with others. Accordingly, one can translate 2CO 6:14 as ‘do not attempt to work together with those who are unbelievers’ or ‘do not become partners with those who do not believe.’

2CO 6:14

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑτερο-ζυγέω, -@; (érepdtvyos yoked with a different yoke; used in Ley. xix. 19 of the union of beasts of different kinds, e.g. an ox and an ass), to come under an unequal or different yoke (Beza, impari jugo copulor), to be unequally yoked : τινί (on the dat. see W. § 31, 10 N.4; B. § 133, 8), trop. to have fellowship with one who is not an equal: 2 Co. vi. 14, where the apostle is forbidding Christians to have intercourse with idolaters.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑτεροζυγέω heterozygeō 1x

to be unequally yoked or matched, 2 Cor. 6:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἑτερο-ζυγέω, -ῶ

[in LXX cf. ἑτερόζυγος, Le 19:19 (כִּלְאַיִם)* ;]

to be unequally yoked: metaph., c. dat. pers., II Co 6:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑτεροζυγέω. For the use of the corr. adj. in the LXX (Lev 1913) Herwerden Zex. s.v. compares Philo Prine. 11 zit. (= ΤΙ. p. 369 ed. Mangey) κτήνη ἑτερόζυγα.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἑτεροζυγέω (heterozugeō) — to yoke a mismatch. ἑτερο-ζῠγέω, draw unequally, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] to be yoked in unequal partnership with unbelievers, [NT]

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