Quick Definition
φορτίον, ου, τό n.n. a burden, freight
Strong's Definition
diminutive of 5414; an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (figuratively) a task or service
KJV Usage: burden
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φορτίον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of φόρτος, but dimin. only in form not in signif.; cf. Bim. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 440; [W. § 2,1. fin.]), fr. Hes. down, Sept. for xm, a burden, load: of the freight or lading of a ship (often so in Grk. writ. fr. Hes. opp. 645, 695 down), Acts xxvii. 10 GL TTr WH. Metaph.: of burdensome rites, plur., [Mt. xxiii.4]; Lk. xi.46; of the obligations Christ lays upon his followers, and styles a ‘burden’ by way of contrast to the precepts of the Pharisees the observance of which was most oppressive, Mt. xi. 30 (αὐτὸς μόνος δύναται Baστάσαι Ζήνωνος φορτίον, Diog. Laért. 7, 5, 4 (171); see ᾧυγός, 1 b.); of faults, the consciousness of which oppresses the soul, Gal. vi. 5 [yet ef. Bp. Lghtft. ad loc. Syn. see ὄγκος, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φορτίον phortion 6x
a load, burden; of a ship, freight, cargo, Acts 27:10; met. a burden of imposed precepts, etc., Mt. 11:30; 23:4; Lk. 11:46 (2x); of faults, sins, etc., Gal. 6:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φορτίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of φόρτος), [in LXX chiefly for מַשָּׂא ;]
a burden, load: of the cargo of a ship (Hdt., al.), Ac 27:10; metaph., Mt 11:30 23:4, Lk 11:46, Ga 6:5.†
SYN.: βάρος (q.v.), ὄγκος
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φορτίον, (1) ‘‘burden,’”’ ‘‘load’’: P Oxy WII. 10493 (account of transport—late ii/a.D.) ὄνο(ι) 8 φο(ρτία) ἢ, “9 donkeys, 8 loads” (see the editor’s note). (2) ‘‘ freight,” “cargo,” as in Ac 271° (TR φόρτος): P Oxy VIII. 1153 (i/A.D.) payment by Heraclas the boatman (ὃ vautiKkds) of 600 drachmae (ὑπὲρ) τῶν φορτίων αὐτοῦ, ‘for his freights,” P Lond 9487 (A.D. 236) (= III. p. 220), the shipmaster is to receive 100 drachmae for freightage, 40 paid in advance and the remaining 60 on the safe delivery of the cargo— ἅπερ φορτία παραδώσει σῷα Kal ἀκακούργητα. The hitherto rare form φόρετρον is found = ‘‘ freight” in P Petr IT. 30 (a)}8 (Ptol.), P Ryl II. 2095: 34 (early iii/A.D.), P Oxy XII. 158918 (early iv/A.D.), and numerous exx. in Preisigke III. Index p. 341, and the new verb φορετρίζω in P Oxy VII. 106918 (iii/a.D.), and 74. XII. 15893® (early
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φορτίον (phortion) — burden. φορτ-ίον, τό, 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+]