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burden

Meaning of “burden”

Sense 1: A load carried; a weight, hardship, duty, or responsibility; also a solemn message laid upon a speaker. Sense 2: To weigh down or oppress.

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First occurrence: Exodus 18:22

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Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 55:22 · retained source text

Cast thy burden vpon the LORD, and he shall sustaine thee: hee shall neuer suffer the righteous to bee moued.

1611 marginal noteOr, gift.

1611 marginal notePsal.37.8 mat.6.25. luk. 12.22. 1.pet.5.7.

Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 81:6 · retained source text

I remoued his shoulder from the burden: his handes were deliuered from the pots.

1611 marginal noteHebr. passed away.

Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:5 · retained source text

Also when they shalbe afraid of that which is high, and feares shall bee in the way, and the Almond tree shall flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall faile: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:

Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:4 · retained source text

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staffe of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Midian.

1611 marginal noteOr, when thou brakest.

1611 marginal noteIudg.7.22 cha. 10.26.

Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:27 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that his burden shalbe taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke, and the yoke shalbe destroyed because of the anointing.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shall remoue.

Isaiah 13:1
THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the sonne of Amoz did see.

Isaiah 14:25
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:25 · retained source text

That I will breake the Assyrian in my land, and vpon my mountaines tread him vnder foote: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Isaiah 14:28
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:28 · retained source text

In the yeere that king Ahaz died, was this burden.

Isaiah 15:1
THE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 15:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of Moab: because in the night Ar of Moab is laide waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laide waste, and brought to silence:

1611 marginal noteOr, cut off.

Isaiah 17:1
THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 17:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, and it shalbe a ruinous heape.

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