Word Summary
dysbastaktos: hard to be borne, oppressive
Original Word: δυσβάστακτοςTransliteration: dysbastaktos
Phonetic Spelling: (doos-bas'-tak-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: hard to be borne, oppressive
Meaning: hard to be borne, oppressive
Strong's Concordance
grievous, hard to bear.
From dus- and a derivative of bastazo; oppressive -- grievous to be borne.
see GREEK dus-
see GREEK bastazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1419: δυσβάστακτοςδυσβάστακτος,
δυσβάστακτον (
βαστάζω),
hard (
A. V. grievous)
to be borne:
Matthew 23:4 (
T WH text omit;
Tr brackets
δυσβάστακτος and
Luke 11:46 φορτία δυσβάστακτα, said of precepts hard to obey, and irksome. (the
Sept. Proverbs 27:3;
Philo, omn. prob. book § 5;
Plutarch, quaest. nat. c. 16, 4, p. 915 f.)