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.’
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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]
