Bible Dictionary: Load

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

2. (n.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

3. (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.

4. (n.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.

5. (n.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.

6. (v.) Weight or violence of blows.

7. (n.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

8. (v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.

9. (v. t.) To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.

10. (v. t.) To magnetize.

Greek

5412. phortizo -- to load
... to load. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phortizo Phonetic Spelling:
(for-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I load, burden Definition: I load, burden; pass: ...
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4987. soreuo -- to heap on
... to heap on. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: soreuo Phonetic Spelling:
(sore-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I heap up, load Definition: I heap up, load. ...
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916. bareo -- to weigh down
... to weigh down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: bareo Phonetic Spelling:
(bar-eh'-o) Short Definition: I weight, load, burden Definition: I weight, load ...
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5413. phortion -- a burden
... Word Origin dim. of phortos (load, cargo); from phero Definition a burden NASB
Word Usage burden (1), burdens (3), cargo (1), load (1). burden. ...
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1072. gemizo -- to fill
... gemizo. 1073 . to fill. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gemizo Phonetic
Spelling: (ghem-id'-zo) Short Definition: I fill, load Definition: I fill, load. ...
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4496. rhipto -- to throw, cast, spec. to throw off, toss
... denotes a deliberate hurl; and from teino (see in ekteino), which indicates an extended
projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension ...
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5278. hupomeno -- to stay behind, to await, endure
... Cognate: 5278 -- literally, (the load), bearing up (enduring); for the believer,
this uniquely happens by power (cf. 1 Thes 3:5). See 5281 (). ...
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1195. desmeuo -- to bind together, to fetter
... bind together. From a (presumed) derivative of desmeo; to be a binder (captor),
ie To enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) -- bind. see GREEK desmeo. ...
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3591. ogkos -- bulk, an encumbrance
... weight. Probably from the same as agkale; a mass (as bending or bulging by its load),
ie Burden (hindrance) -- weight. see GREEK agkale. (onkon) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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1117. gomos -- a ship's freight, cargo
... cargo, freight, merchandise. From gemo; a load (as filling), ie (specially) a cargo,
or (by extension) wares -- burden, merchandise. see GREEK gemo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6006. amas -- to load, carry a load
... amas or amas. 6007 . to load, carry a load. Transliteration: amas or amas Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-mas') Short Definition: loaded. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2943. taan -- to load
... taan. 2944 . to load. Transliteration: taan Phonetic Spelling: (taw-an') Short
Definition: load. ... root Definition to load NASB Word Usage load (1). lade. ...
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5447. sebel -- a load, burden
... a load, burden. Transliteration: sebel Phonetic Spelling: (say'-bel) Short Definition:
burden. ... From cabal; a load (literally or figuratively) -- burden, charge. ...
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4853a. massa -- a load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute
... 4853, 4853a. massa. 4853b . a load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute.
Transliteration: massa Short Definition: burden. Word Origin ...
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4614. maamasah -- a load, burden
... 4613, 4614. maamasah. 4615 . a load, burden. Transliteration: maamasah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-am-aw-saw') Short Definition: heavy. ...
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5445. sabal -- to bear (a heavy load)
... 5444, 5445. sabal. 5446 . to bear (a heavy load). Transliteration: sabal Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-bal') Short Definition: bear. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5446. sebal -- to bear, carry (a load)
... 5445, 5446. sebal. 5447 . to bear, carry (a load). Transliteration: sebal
Phonetic Spelling: (seb-al') Short Definition: retained. ...
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4853. massa' -- a load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute
... 4852, 4853. massa'. 4853a . a load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute.
Transliteration: massa' Phonetic Spelling: (mas-saw') Short Definition: burden. ...
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7925. shakam -- to start or rise early
... A primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only
as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast ...
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2960. torach -- a burden
... Word Origin from tarach Definition a burden NASB Word Usage burden (1), load (1).
cumbrance, trouble. From tarach; a burden -- cumbrance, trouble. ...
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Library

Burdened with a Heavy Load,
... PENITENCE AND LOVE Burdened with a heavy load,. tr., John Brownlie 7,8,7,8. I. Burdened
with a heavy load,. Lord, we come, for Thou art calling; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/burdened with a heavy load.htm

Letter xvi to Rainald, Abbot of Foigny
... This, too, increases the load of the horse by which it is drawn, but at the same
time renders capable of being drawn a load which without it could not be moved ...
/.../letter xvi to rainald abbot.htm

The Suffering Servant-ii
... taking their burden on His shoulders, the former implies not only the taking of
it but the bearing of it away, and the latter emphasises the weight of the load ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the suffering servant-ii.htm

Once More from Rest I Rise Again,
... I know full well; my loving God. Will send me not a hurtful load. My burden every
day is new,. ... My faithless heart? And why thus shrink. To take thy load again? ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/v once more from rest.htm

Little Folks.
... stairs. As the minister was going up stairs with his load of books his little
boy came in and was very anxious to help his father. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/little folks.htm

Whether Adam in the State of Innocence Saw the Angels through ...
... 2: Further, the soul in the present state is impeded from the knowledge of separate
substances by union with a corruptible body which "is a load upon the soul ...
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Daily Blessings for God's People
... states. Blessed be Jehovah, whether I receive the daily load of his benefits,
or whether he open for me the gates of the grace. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/daily blessings for gods people.htm

Six Cities
... It has mulberry, orange, pomegranate, and other trees mingled in with the houses,
whose odoriferous flowers load the air with delicious perfume during the ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/ii six cities.htm

The Burden-Bearing God
... The meaning of His 'lifting our load,' in so far as that expression refers to the
divine act rather than the divine heart, is that He breathes into us the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the burden-bearing god.htm

The Invitation
... He will take the load from our weary shoulders. ... There are many whose hearts are aching
under a load of care because they seek to reach the world's standard. ...
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Thesaurus

Load (22 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance;
that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. ...
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Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty
of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel. ...
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Charge (379 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden;
to load; to fill. ... 17. (n.) A load or burden laid upon a person or thing. 18. ...
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Lade (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; --
generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. ...
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Unload (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To take the load from; to discharge of a load
or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast. ...
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Lading (7 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Lade. 2. (n.) The act of loading. 3. (n.) That which lades or constitutes
a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. Int. ...
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Loading (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Load. 2. (n.) The act of putting a load on or into. 3.
(n.) A load; cargo; burden. Multi-Version Concordance Loading (2 Occurrences). ...
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Burden (111 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) A load of any kind (Exodus 23:5). ... Noah Webster's
Dictionary. 1. (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load. ...
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Unlade (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To take the load from; to take out the
cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. 2. (vt) To unload ...
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Overcharge (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To charge or load too heavily; to burden;
to oppress; to cloy. ... 6. (n.) An excessive load or burden. ...
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Bible Concordance

Load (22 Occurrences)

Matthew 23:4 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.
(WEY NIV)

Luke 11:46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
(WEB WEY ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Galatians 6:5 For every man will have to carry his own load.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 45:17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers,'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
(WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
(WEB NIV)

Exodus 23:5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 4:19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
(See NAS)

Numbers 14:1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
(See NAS)

2 Kings 5:17 Naaman said, "If not, then, please let there be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 4:17 They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
(Root in WEB DBY NAS)

Nehemiah 13:19 It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 35:9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
(See NIV)

Psalms 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 22:25 In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be cut down, and in its fall the weight hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has said it.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary animal.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 17:21 Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 17:22 neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 17:24 It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 17:27 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 12:6 In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, so that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 12:12 The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Load

Related Terms

Discharge (30 Occurrences)

Charge (379 Occurrences)

Lade (4 Occurrences)

Unload (1 Occurrence)

Lading (7 Occurrences)

Loading (2 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Unlade (1 Occurrence)

Overcharge (1 Occurrence)