φορτίον
Transliteration
phortion (Key)
Pronunciation
for-tee'-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive of φόρτος (G5414)
mGNT
6x in 4 unique form(s) TR
5x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 1 unique form(s)
φορτία — 2x
φορτίοις — 1x
φορτίον — 2x
φορτία — 2x
φορτίοις — 1x
φορτίον — 2x
φορτίου — 1x
φορτίον — 6x
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TDNT Reference: 9:84,1252

Strong’s Definitions

φορτίον phortíon, for-tee'-on; diminutive of G5414; an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service:—burden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G5413 in the following manner: burden (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G5413 in the following manner: burden (5x).

  1. a burden, load

    1. of the freight or lading of a ship

  2. metaph.

    1. of burdensome rites

    2. of the obligations Christ lays upon his followers, and styles a "burden" by way of the contrast to the precepts of the Pharisees, the observance of which was most oppressive

    3. faults of the conscience which oppress the soul

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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φορτίον phortíon, for-tee'-on; diminutive of G5414; an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service:—burden.
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
11:30; 23:4
Luke
11:46
Acts
27:10
Galatians
6:5
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