noun · neuter
fortiem
Strong’sG5413
a burden, freight
stem forti-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φορτίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of φόρτος), [in LXX chiefly for מַשָּׂא;]
SYN.: βάρος (q.v.), ὄγκος
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5413 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfor-tee'-on
an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service
Fromdiminutive of G5414;
King Jamesburden.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
load, burden, freight, LXX+7th c.BC+; φέρων ἀνθράκων φ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 plural, wares, merchandise, Refs 8th c.BC+
2.b especially of agricultural produce, crops, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 of a child in the womb, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔρωτος falsa lectio in Refs 6th c.BC+
4 metaphorically, μεῖζον φ. ἢ καθ᾽ αὑτὸν αἰρόμενον taking too heavy a burden upon him, NT+4th c.BC+; χρυσοῦν φ., of wealth, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | fortiem1×φορτίον | fortieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | fortieu1×φορτίου | fortieiu |
| to, for dative | fortie | fortiei1×φορτίοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
fortie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
fortiem“burden”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Matthew 11:30… gar zugos mu chrēstos kai tem fortiem mu elafrem atō.… My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
fortieu“cargo”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:10… kai pollau zēmiau ouk monem teu fortieu kai teu ploieu alla kai taiu …… loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as …
fortiei“burdens”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 11:46“burdens”… toiu daktuloiu vu ouk prospsauavō tei fortiei.… experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a …
fortieim2×
Matthew 23:4“burdens”desmeualō de fortieim barueim kai epitithalō epi toin ōmosoin …They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they …
Luke 11:46… nomikoi ouai, hoti fortizavō toin anthrōpoin fortieim dusbastakteim, kai autois heno toiu daktuloiu …… you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift …
fortiem1×
Galatians 6:5hekastos gar tem idiem fortiem bastazati.… each one should carry his own load.