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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5413 - φορτίον

Transliteration

phortíon

Phonetics

for-tee'-on

Origin

diminutive of (G5414)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

9:84,1252

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a burden, load
1. of the freight or lading of a ship
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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4853 ‑ מַשָּׂא (mas‑saw'); 5520 ‑ סֹךְ (soke);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Galatians 1

BSB (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

CSB (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

ESV (5)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Galatians 1

KJV (5)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Galatians 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

N95 (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

NAS (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

NLT (5)

Matthew 1

Luke 3

Acts 2

Galatians 2

WEB (5)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Galatians 1

YLT (6)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Galatians 1

ASV (5)

burden 2

burdens 1

the burdens 1

with burdens 1

BSB (6)

burden 1

cargo 1

load 2

loads 1

with heavy burdens 1

CSB (6)

burden 1

burdens 2

load 1

loads 1

the cargo 1

ESV (5)

burden 1

burdens 3

load 1

KJV (5)

burden 2

burdens 3

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

burden 1

burdens 3

cargo 1

load 1

N95 (6)

burden 1

burdens 3

cargo 1

load 1

NAS (6)

burden 1

burdens 3

cargo 1

load 1

NLT (5)

burden 2

cargo 1

demands 1

responsible 1

WEB (5)

burden 2

burdens 1

those burdens 1

with burdens 1

YLT (6)

burden 2

burdens 2

lading 1

with burdens 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 2

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 2

ANT

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 1

BEZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BGB

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BMT

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

BYZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 1

ELZ

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

NA26

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

SBL

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 1

SCV

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 1

STV

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

TIS

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-NSN 1

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

TRG

N-APN 2

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-GSN 1

N-NSN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φορτ-ίον, τό,

load, burden, freight, Sapph. Supp. 9.13 (pl.), Alc. Supp. 26.1, Ar. Pl. 352, Lys. 312, X. Mem. 3.13.6, An. 7.1.37, al., Lycurg. 96, Aq. 2 Samuel 15:33; λιβανωτικὰ φ. OGI 132.11 (Alexandria, ii B. C.); φέρων ἀνθράκων φ. Ar. Ach. 214 (lyr.); φ. βαστάζειν Teles p.10H.

2. pl., wares, merchandise, Hes. Op. 643, 693, Hdt. 1.1, 2.179, al., Ar. Ach. 899, 910, V. 1398, Ra. 573, Hyp. Ath. 6. esp. of agricultural produce, crops, PRLaws 43.14, al. (iii B. C.), PTeb. 105.24 (ii B. C.), etc.

3. of a child in the womb, X. Mem. 2.2.5; ἔρωτος f.l. in Anacr. 170.

4. metaph., μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθ' αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a burden upon him, D. 11.14; μέγα τὸ φ. Antiph. 3; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων.. γυναικός Id. 329; οὔτοι τὸ γῆράς ἐστιν.. τῶν φ. μέγιστον Anaxandr. 53; τὸ φ. μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν Matthew 11:30; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, Secund. Sent. 9. (Dim. only in form, commonly used for φόρτος in Com. and Prose; wrongly condemned as un-Attic by Moer. p.393 P., Thom.Mag. p.16R.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φορτίον , -ου , τό

(dimin. of φόρτος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H4853;]

a burden, load: of the cargo of a ship (Hdt., al.), Acts 27:10; metaph., Matthew 11:30; Matthew 23:4, Luke 11:46, Galatians 6:5.†

SYN.: βάρος G922 (q.v.), ὄγκος G3591.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";lukewarm,"; occurs in the NT only in Rev. 3:16, where WII (Notes.2, p. 157) admit a possible alternative spelling χλιερός (א*) : cf. Moulton Gr ii. p. 67.

List of Word Forms

φορτια φορτία φορτιοις φορτίοις φορτιον φορτίον φορτιου φορτίου phortia phortía phortiois phortíois phortion phortíon phortiou phortíou