G2086
G2086 — ἑτεροζυγέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
heterozugeo (het-er-od-zoog-eh'-o) v.
1. to yoke up differently
2. (figuratively) to associate discordantly
[from a compound of G2087 and G2218]
KJV: unequally yoke together with
Root(s): G2087, G2218
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
unequally yoke together with
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑτεροζυγέω, ἑτεροζύγῳ; (ἑτερόζυγος yoked with a different yoke; used in Lev 19:19 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: τίνι (on the dative see Winers Grammar, § 31, 10 N. 4; Buttmann, § 133, 8), tropically, to have fellowship with one who is not an equal: 2Co 6:14, where the apostle is forbidding Christians to have contact with idolaters.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἑτεροζυγέω (unequally yoke together with)
2 Corinthians 6:14
- KJV: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness
- GK: μη γίνεσθε ετεροζυγούντες απίστοις τις γαρ μετοχή δικαιοσύνη και ανομία τις δε κοινωνία φωτί προς σκότος