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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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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
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.
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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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