Lexicon
ἑτεροζυγέω
heterozugeō
G2086
G:V Greek

to yoke a mismatch

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heterozugeo describes being joined in a mismatched yoke, as opposed to joining with unbelievers.

Its sole attested use describes being in a mismatched yoking with unbelievers, followed by contrasts between righteousness and lawlessness and between light and darkness.

Senses in use

  1. Being mismatched in a yoke · dominant

    In 2 Corinthians 6:14, the present active nominative masculine plural participle occurs in a prohibition addressed to a plural group concerning unbelievers. The APB renders the clause, “Do not be mismatched in yoke with unbelievers,” and then frames the warning through the stated contrasts of righteousness with lawlessness and light with darkness.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 6:14, the APB presents the clause as “Do not be mismatched in yoke with unbelievers.” That wording confirms the clause's overall warning rather than isolating each element of the Greek form.

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