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
To burden
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φορτίζω G5412
Pronunciation phortízō
What does φορτίζω (phortízō) mean in the Bible?
φορτίζω (phortízō): Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
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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 It burdened 1× Matthew 11:28
you weigh men down 1× Luke 11:46
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:28
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
πεφορτισμένοι 1x pephortismenoi Matthew 11:28
φορτίζετε 1x phortizete Luke 11:46
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 11:28
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Luke 11:46
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Metaphorically denotes spiritual or moral burden, especially oppressive weight of religious obligation and exhaustion.
Strong's G5412
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 11:46 Source Gloss
to burden
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 11:28 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
πεφορτισμένοι, pefortismenoi
I load, burden
Read verse Luke 11:46 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
φορτίζετε fortizete
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 groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Perfect, Present Voices Passive, Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Matt 11:28 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Luke 11:46 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 1 passive 1
Mood
indicative 1 participle 1
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:
φόρτος G5414
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain