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Isaiah 9:4 - For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
For	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
thou hast broken	H2865	חָתַת	[Verb] properly to prostrate; hence to break {down} either (literally) by {violence} or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
the yoke	H5923	עֹל	[Noun Masculine] a yoke (as imposed on the {neck}) literally or figuratively
of his burden	H5448	סֹבֶל	[Noun Masculine] a load (figuratively)
and the staff	H4294	מַטֶּה	[Noun Masculine] a branch (as extending); figuratively a tribe; also a {rod} whether for chastising (figuratively {correction }) ruling (a {sceptre }) throwing (a {lance }) or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of {life} for example bread)
of his shoulder	H7926	שְׁכֶם	[Noun Masculine] the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively the spur of a hill
the rod	H7626	שֵׁבֶט	[Noun Masculine] a {scion} that {is} (literally) a stick (for {punishing} {writing} {fighting} {ruling} {walking} etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
of his oppressor	H5065	נָגַשׂ	[Verb] to drive (an {animal} a {workman} a {debtor} an army); by implication to {tax} {harass } tyrannize
as in the day	H3117	יוֹם	[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially)
of Midian	H4080	מִדְיָן	{Midjan} a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.