Lexicon
heterozugeó: to be yoked up differently, i.e. to be unequally yoked
Original Word: ἑτεροζυγέωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: heterozugeó
Phonetic Spelling: (het-er-od-zoog-eh'-o)
Short Definition: I am yoked with one different from myself
Definition: I am yoked with one different from myself, unequally yoked.
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 Originfrom
heteros and
zugosDefinitionto be yoked up differently, i.e. to be unequally yoked
NASB Translationbound together (1).