Strong's Number 5413

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
phortion {for-tee'-on}
Word Origin:
diminutive of 5414
TDNT:
9:84,1252
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Usage in the KJV:
burden 5

Total: 5
Definition:
  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 For Synonyms see entry 5819
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament