Môwṭâh — H4133

Definition

feminine noun

a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)

1. pole, bar of yoke
1. pole
2. bar of yoke
1. of oppression (fig.)

Usually translated as

yoke, bands, heavy, staves

Origin

feminine of H4132

• Môwṭ (H4132)

Greek equivalents

• desmón (G1199)
• sýndesmos (G4886)

Occurrences

Môwṭâh occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (2)

• Leviticus 26:13 — 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 (מֹטֹ֣ת) of your yoke, and made you go upright.
• 1 Chronicles 15:15 — And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves (בַּמֹּט֖וֹת) thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy (מוֹטָ֑ה) burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke (מוֹטָ֖ה)?
• Isaiah 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke (מוֹטָ֔ה), the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Jeremiah 27:2 — Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes (וּמֹט֑וֹת), and put them upon thy neck,
• Jeremiah 28:10 — Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke (הַמּוֹטָ֔ה) from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
• Jeremiah 28:12 — Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke (הַמּוֹטָ֔ה) from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
• Jeremiah 28:13 — Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes (מוֹטֹ֥ת) of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
• Jeremiah 28:13 — Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes (מֹט֥וֹת) of iron.
• Ezekiel 30:18 — At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes (מֹט֣וֹת) of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
• Ezekiel 34:27 — 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 (מֹט֣וֹת) of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.