What does φορτίζω (phortízō) mean in the Bible?
φορτίζω (phortízō): Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
Greek · G5412
φορτίζω
φορτίζω (phortízō): Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
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φορτίζωG5412
Pronunciationphortízō
What does φορτίζω (phortízō) mean in the Bible?
Full entry for φορτίζω (G5412) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5412?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include burdened (1), you weigh men down (1).
Where does φορτίζω (phortízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itburdened1×Matthew 11:28
you weigh men down1×Luke 11:46
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 11:28
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
πεφορτισμένοι1xpephortismenoiMatthew 11:28
φορτίζετε1xphortizeteLuke 11:46
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 11:28
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural1xLuke 11:46
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
Strong'sG5412
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 11:46Source Gloss
to burden
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
(φόρτος), [in LXX: Eze.16:33 (שָׁחַד) * ;] to load: with dupl. accusative, Luk.11:46; pass., to be laden: metaphorically (EV, heavy laden), Mat.11:28.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:28Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
πεφορτισμένοι,pefortismenoi
I load, burden
Read verseLuke 11:46Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
φορτίζετεfortizete
I load, burden
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups2Aligned forms2TensesPerfect, PresentVoicesPassive, Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Perfect PassiveMatt 11:281×
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Present ActiveLuke 11:461×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1perfect1
Voice
active1passive1
Mood
indicative1participle1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
to load or impose heavy obligations on people, active voice usage
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
φορτίζω is built from this root:
φόρτοςG5414
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