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Lexicon :: Strong's G5413 - phortion

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φορτίον
Transliteration
phortion (Key)
Pronunciation
for-tee'-on
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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)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:30; 23:4
Luke
11:46
Acts
27:10
Galatians
6:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5413 matches the Greek φορτίον (phortion),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So each of them cut down some branches, following Abimelech’s example. They piled the branches against the walls of the temple and set them on fire. So all the people who had lived in the tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
O watcher of all humanity?
Why make me your target?
Am I a burden to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - My guilt overwhelms me—
it is a burden too heavy to bear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
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