- Original: φορτίον - Transliteration: Phortion - Phonetic: for-tee'-on - Definition: 1. a burden, load a. of the freight or lading of a ship 2. metaph. a. of burdensome rites b. of the obligations christ lays upon his followers, and styles a burden by way of the contrast to the precepts of the Pharisees, the observance of which was most oppressive c. faults of the conscience which oppress the soul - Origin: diminutive of G5414 - TDNT entry: 10:24,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Diminutive of G5414 ; an invoice (as part of freight) that is (figuratively) a task or service: - burden. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • burden, 1 Galatians 6:5