- φορτίον
- φορτίον, ου, τό (in form, a dim. of φόρτος; Hes.+; IG IV2/1, 123, 6 [IV B.C.], pap, LXX; TestJob 18:7; Joseph.; Tat. 23, 1)① that which constitutes a load for transport, load lit. φορτίον βαστάζειν (Teles p. 10 H.; Herm. Wr. 10, 8b) Hs 9, 2, 4. Of the cargo of a ship (Hes., X. et al.; Jos., Ant. 14, 377; POxy 1153, 9 [I A.D.]) Ac 27:10 (v.l. φόρτος).② that which is carried and constitutes a burden, burden, in imagery (Epict. 2, 9, 22; 4, 13, 16), of the oppressive burden of the law Mt 23:4; Lk 11:46ab. Cp. Mt 11:30. φορτίον βαστάζειν (Diog. L. 7, 170; Pythagorean in Stob., Flor. 85, 15 V 680 H.) Gal 6:5 (one is to be concerned about one’s own burden, rather than compare oneself complacently w. others [perh. gnomic fut. Burton, MT §69; Betz, Gal. 303f; cp. 2 Cor 5:10; DKuck, NTS 40, ’94, 289–97, apocalyptic motif.]).—Frisk s.v. φέρω B 10. M-M. TW.
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