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Strong's H5923 עֹל (ol)

Ol means “yoke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H5923
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 34
Books 12

Strong's H5923 Quick Answer

Strong's H5923 עוֹל עוֹל (`ol) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `ol (ole) (or mowl {ole}) n-m. 1. a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively [from H5953] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include yoke. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`ol (ole) (or mowl {ole}) n-m. 1. a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively [from H5953]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
yoke

Meaning and Definition

`ol (ole) (or mowl {ole}) n-m. 1. a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively [from H5953] KJV: yoke. Root(s): H5953

Original Word
עוֹל עוֹל
Transliteration
`ol
Derivation
Root: עלל First root strongs: 5953
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5923. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5923 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `ol, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

yoke Genesis 27:40 34×

How Strong's H5923 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5923 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5923 in the Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 27:40 KJV

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Leviticus 26:13 KJV

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Numbers 19:2 KJV

This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5923.

Genesis 27:40 Old Testament, KJV
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Leviticus 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Numbers 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
Deuteronomy 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Deuteronomy 28:48 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
1 Samuel 6:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
1 Kings 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
1 Kings 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
1 Kings 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Kings 12:14 Old Testament, KJV
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
2 Chronicles 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
2 Chronicles 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Isaiah 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:27 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Isaiah 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Isaiah 47:6 Old Testament, KJV
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Jeremiah 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jeremiah 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Jeremiah 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jeremiah 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jeremiah 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Jeremiah 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
Jeremiah 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
Lamentations 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Lamentations 3:27 Old Testament, KJV
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Ezekiel 34:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Hosea 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5923, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5923 FAQ

What does ol (עֹל) mean?

Ol (Strong's H5923) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "yoke". `ol (ole) (or mowl {ole}) n-m. 1. a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively [from H5953]

How many times is ol (עֹל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's H5923 across 12 books.

Where can I study ol (עֹל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5923 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ol (עֹל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as yoke. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.