- Original: φορτίζω - Transliteration: Phortizo - Phonetic: for-tid'-zo - Definition: 1. to place a burden upon, to load 2. metaph. to load one with a burden (of rites and unwarranted precepts) - Origin: from G5414 - TDNT entry: 10:26,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G5414 ; to load up (properly as a vessel or animal) that is (figuratively) to overburden with ceremony (or spiritual anxiety): - lade be heavy laden.