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BURD'EN, n. burd'n written also burthen. L. fero,or porto.
1. That which is borne or carried a load. Hence,
2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.
3. A birth.
4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse the chorus so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music,when open and undivided, is also called the burden.
5. In common language, that which is often repeated a subject on which one dwells.
6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
7. The contents of a ship the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry as a ship of a hundred tons burden.
8. A club. Not in use.
BURD'EN, burd'n. To load to lay on a heavy load to incumber with weight. Hence,
1. To oppress with any thing grievous as, to burden a nation with taxes.
2. To surcharge as, to burden the memory.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Burden'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/burden.html.
Entry for 'Burden'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/burden.html.
