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And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Read in context →But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Read in context →18 occurrences in 18 verses.
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massâʼ · mas-saw'
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
Strong's KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:5Strong's last: Malachi 1:1
Open full H4853 profile →báros · bar'-os
weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority
Strong's KJV usage: :--burden(-some), weight.
Strong's first: Matthew 20:12Strong's last: Revelation 2:24
Open full G922 profile →çôbel · so'-bel
load (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: burden.
Strong's first: Isaiah 9:4Strong's last: Isaiah 14:25
Open full H5448 profile →phortíon · for-tee'-on
an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service
Strong's KJV usage: :--burden.
Strong's first: Matthew 11:30Strong's last: Galatians 6:5
Open full G5413 profile →gómos · gom'-os
a load (as filling), i.e. (specially) a cargo, or (by extension) wares
Strong's KJV usage: :--burden, merchandise.
Strong's first: Acts 21:3Strong's last: Acts 21:3
Open full G1117 profile →katabaréō · kat-ab-ar-eh'-o
to impose upon
Strong's KJV usage: :--burden.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 12:16Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:16
Open full G2599 profile →yᵉhâb · ye-hawb'
properly, what is given (by Providence), i.e. a lot
Strong's KJV usage: burden.
Strong's first: Psalms 55:22Strong's last: Psalms 55:22
Open full H3053 profile →massâʼâh · mas-saw-aw'
a conflagration (from the rising of smoke)
Strong's KJV usage: burden.
Strong's first: Isaiah 30:27Strong's last: Isaiah 30:27
Open full H4858 profile →masʼêth · mas-ayth'
properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)
Strong's KJV usage: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
Strong's first: Zephaniah 3:18Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:18
Open full H4864 profile →çâbal · saw-bal'
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
Strong's KJV usage: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 12:5Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 12:5
Open full H5445 profile →çêbel · say'-bel
a load (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: burden, charge.
Strong's first: Psalms 81:6Strong's last: Psalms 81:6
Open full H5447 profile →ʻâmaç · aw-mas'
to load, i.e. impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction)
Strong's KJV usage: be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
Strong's first: Zechariah 12:3Strong's last: Zechariah 12:3
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Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
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BURD'EN, noun burd'n; written also burthen. [Latin fero, or porto.]
1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,
2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.
3. A birth.
4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music, when open and undivided, is also called the burden
5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.
6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden
8. A club. [Not in use.]
BURD'EN, verb transitive burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,
1. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
2. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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