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burdens

Meaning of “burdens”

Sense 1: Loads carried. Sense 2: Duties, hardships, or oppressive weights borne by a person.

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25 occurrences23 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:14

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Exodus 1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:11 · retained source text

Therefore they did set ouer them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens: And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 2:11
¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:11 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, when Moses was growen, that he went out vnto his brethren, and looked on their burdens, and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Exodus 5:4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 5:4 · retained source text

And the King of Egypt said vnto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burdens.

Exodus 5:5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 5:5 · retained source text

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, & you make them rest from their burdens.

Exodus 6:6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 6:6 · retained source text

Wherefore say vnto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from vnder the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage: and I will redeeme you with a stretched out arme, and with great iudgements.

Exodus 6:7
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 6:7 · retained source text

And I will take you to mee for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from vnder the burdens of the Egyptians.

Numbers 4:24
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 4:24 · retained source text

This is the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue, and for burdens.

1611 marginal noteOr, carriage.

Numbers 4:27
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 4:27 · retained source text

At the appointment of Aaron and his sonnes, shall be all the seruice of the sonnes of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their seruice: and yee shall appoint vnto them in charge all their burdens.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouth.

1 Kings 5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 5:15 · retained source text

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines:

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