G5413Greekphortía
φορτία
an invoice (as part of freight), i.e., (figuratively) a task or service
6
Total Occurrences
4
Books
0
Old Testament
6
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a burden, load
- 2of the freight or lading of a ship
- 3of burdensome rites
- 4of 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
- 5faults of the conscience which oppress the soul
- 6metaphorically
Etymology & Derivation
diminutive of g5414