2086. heterozugeó
Lexicon
heterozugeó: To be unequally yoked

Original Word: ἑτεροζυγέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: heterozugeó
Pronunciation: he-te-ro-zü-ge'-ō
Phonetic Spelling: (het-er-od-zoog-eh'-o)
KJV: unequally yoke together with
NASB: bound together
Word Origin: [from a compound of G2087 (ἕτερος - another) and G2218 (ζυγός - yoke)]

1. to yoke up differently
2. (figuratively) to associate discordantly

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
unequally yoke together with.

From a compound of heteros and zugos; to yoke up differently, i.e. (figuratively) to associate discordantly -- unequally yoke together with.

see GREEK heteros

see GREEK zugos

HELPS Word-studies

2086 heterozygéō (from 2087 /héteros, "another of a different kind" and 2218 /zygós, "a yoke, joining two to a single plow") – properly, different kinds of people joined together but unevenly matched; hence "unequally yoked" (not aptly joined).

2086 /heterozygéō ("mis-matched") is used figuratively of Christians wrongly committed to a partner holding very different values (priorities), i.e. that run contrary to faith (the kingdom of God).

Reflection: Scripture uses symbols to teach about the importance of keeping spiritually pure. Along this line, Scripture prohibited:

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from heteros and zugos
Definition
to be yoked up differently, i.e. to be unequally yoked
NASB Translation
bound together (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2086: ἑτεροζυγέω

ἑτεροζυγέω, ἑτεροζύγῳ; (ἑτερόζυγος yoked with a different yoke; used in Leviticus 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: 2 Corinthians 6:14, where the apostle is forbidding Christians to have contact with idolaters.

Forms and Transliterations
ετεροζυγουντες ετεροζυγούντες ἑτεροζυγοῦντες ετεροζύγω eterozugountes heterozygountes heterozygoûntes
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Corinthians 6:14 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: Μὴ γίνεσθε ἑτεροζυγοῦντες ἀπίστοις τίς
NAS: Do not be bound together with unbelievers;
KJV: not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
INT: not Be unequally yoked with unbelievers what

Strong's Greek 2086
1 Occurrence


ἑτεροζυγοῦντες — 1 Occ.

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