ΦΟΡΤΟΥ, φορτου
PHORTOU, phortou
Sounds Like: FOR-too
Translations: of burden, of a burden, of cargo, of a cargo, of freight, of a freight, of a load, of a weight
From the root: ΦΟΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the masculine noun 'φόρτος' (phortos), which refers to a burden, cargo, freight, or load. It can also metaphorically refer to a weight or responsibility. In a sentence, it would typically be used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'the weight of the ship' or 'the burden of the law'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 15:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΡΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΟΡΤΟΝ — load, a load, burden, a burden, cargo, a cargo
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