Strong G5414φόρτος

cargo

Transliteration
phortos
Pronunciation
for'-tos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G5342; something carried that is the cargo of a ship: - lading.

Detailed definition

φόρτος, -ου, ὁ
(φέρω),
a load: esp. of a ship's cargo (Hom., Hdt., and late prose writers), Act.27:10, Rec.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5414 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lading1

First verses

  1. Acts 27:10
    And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φόρτος, ὁ,
(φέρω) load, freight, cargo, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.163, 14.296, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 631, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 537)], and later Prose, as [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEnteux.” 2.11 (3rd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 14, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.34)]; ἐποιήσαντό με φ., explained as πεπραγμάτευμαι, προδέδομαι, φόρτος γεγένημαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 4.10P.)]; φ. ἔρωτος, of Europa on the bull, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Batrachomyomachia 78, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 4.118.)]
2 metaphorically, heavy load or burden, φ. χρείας, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 20, “IT” 1306)]; compare φορτίον.
II Attic dialect, vulgar stuff, rubbish, balderdash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 748 (_anapaest meter_) “Pl.” 796.)]
III mass of detail, 'stuff', in semi-colloquial sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.4.)]