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G5413

φορτίον

for-tē'-on
neuter noun
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Diminutive of φόρτος (G5414)

diminutive of G5414; an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service:—burden.

Outline

  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

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