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yoke⋅fel⋅low

[yohk-fel-oh]
–noun
1. an associate or companion, esp. at work; partner.
2. a spouse.
Also, yoke⋅mate [yohk-meyt] .


Origin:
1520–30; yoke 1 + fellow, trans. of Gk sýzygos
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Yoke-fellow

(Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliffe renders the phrase "the german felowe", i.e., "thee, germane [=genuine] comrade."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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