STRONGS G5413:
φορτίον,
φορτίου,
τό (diminutive of
φόρτος, but diminutive only in form not in significance; cf. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii; p. 440; (
Winers Grammar, § 2, 1 d. at the end)), from
Hesiod down, the
Sept. for
מַשָׂא,
a burden, load: of the freight or lading of a ship (often so in Greek writings from
Hesiod, Works, 645, 695 down),
Acts 27:10 G L T Tr WH. Metaphorically: of burdensome rites, plural (
Matthew 23:4);
Luke 11:46; of the obligations Christ lays upon his followers, and styles a 'burden' by way of contrast to the precepts of the Pharisees the observance of which was most oppressive,
Matthew 11:30 (
αὐτός μόνος δύναται βαστάσαι Ζηνωνος φορτίον, (
Diogenes Laërtius 7, 5, 4 (171); see
ζυγός, 1 b.); of faults, the consciousness of which oppresses the soul,
Galatians 6:5 (yet cf.
Lightfoot at the passage Synonym: see
ὄγκος, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Matthew
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11:30; 23:4
- Luke
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11:46
- Acts
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27:10
- Galatians
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6:5