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To burden

φορτίζωStrong’s G5412

phortizō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phortizō is the Greek word usually translated “burdened” and “burden”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “burdened” and “burden”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • burdened 1
  • you burden 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

φορτίζω phortizō · to burden

φορτίζω (φόρτος), [in LXX: Eze.16:33 (שָׁחַד) * ;] to load: with dupl. accusative, Luk.11:46; pass., to be laden: metaphorically (EV, heavy laden), Mat.11:28.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “burden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BURD'EN, noun

burd'n; written also burthen. [Latin fero, or porto.]

  1. That which is borne or carried; a load.
  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.
All definitions and other forms of “burden”
  1. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.
  2. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
  3. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden
  4. A club. [Not in use.]

BURD'EN, verb transitive

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.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.