Dictionary entry

φορτίον

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φορτίον, -ου, τό

(dimin. of φόρτος), [in LXX chiefly for מַשָּׂא;]

a burden, load: of the cargo of a ship (Hdt., al.), Ac 27:10; metaph., Mt 11:3023:4, Lk 11:46, Ga 6:5.†

SYN.: βάρος (q.v.), ὄγκος