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Nave Topical Bible
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Scofield Reference Index
• Burden of Moab
• Burden
Thompson Chain Reference
• Burdens
• Burden-Bearer
• Burden of Prophecy
The Topic Concordance
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American Tract Society
• Burden
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Burden
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Godliness: No Burden to True Saints
Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Burdened
• Burden
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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• Burden, Weight
People's Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Burden, Burdened, Burdensome
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
• Burdenous
• Burdening
• Burdener
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bubier, George Burden
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Burden of Proof
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• ܛܰܥܢܳܐ
• ܝܽܘܩܪܳܐ
• ܡܰܘܒ݁ܠܳܐ
• ἀβαρής
• βαρέω
• βάρος
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• אֲגֻדָּה
• טֹרַח
• יְהָב
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or BURTHEN. (1) (A.S. byrthen, from beran, to bear), a load, both literally and figuratively; especially the carrying capacity of a ship; in mining and smelting, the tops or heads. of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin, and the proportion of ore and flux to fuel in the charge of a blast-furnace. In Scots and English law the term is applied to an encumbrance on real or personal property. (2) (From the Fr. bourdon, a droning, humming sound) an accompaniment to a song, or the refrain of a song; hence a chief or recurrent topic, as "the burden of a speech."