Definition

a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)

Etymology

from the root of (to join, especially by a "yoke");

How the KJV renders it

• pair of balances
• yoke

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.