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Notes: It is sometimes possible to render δυσβάστακτος as ‘difficult to carry,’ provided the receptor language term for burdens in RV LUK 11:46 · LV LUK 11:46 · Read together LUK 11:46 may refer to religious obligations.

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: δυσβάστακτος; -ον

Constructions: δυσβάστακτος; δῦσ-; hard, difficult; βαστάζω

Sense 1: difficult, hard to bear

Semantic entry: 22.34

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Difficult, Hard

Definition: pertaining to that which is difficult to bear or endure

MAT 23:4: RV MAT 23:4 · LV MAT 23:4 · Read together MAT 23:4

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OET-RV MAT 23:4

4 They package up unbearably heavy loads and put them on the people’s shoulders, while they themselves won’t even lift a finger to help.

OET-LV MAT 23:4

4 And they _are _binding heavy and unbearable burdens, and they _are _laying_ them _on on the shoulders of_ the _people, but they are_ not _willing to _move them with _the finger of _them.

LUK 11:46: RV LUK 11:46 · LV LUK 11:46 · Read together LUK 11:46

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OET-RV LUK 11:46

46 “Well, you law experts won’t end well,” Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) responded, “because you put unbearably heavy burdens onto the shoulders of the people, yet you wouldn’t move your little fingers to touch those burdens yourselves.

OET-LV LUK 11:46

46 But he said, woe also to _you _all the lawyers.
Because you _all _are _burdening the people with_ unbearable _burdens, and yourselves you _all _are_ not _touching upon _the burdens with _one of _the fingers of _you _all.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δυσβάστακτος

Form 1

Sense 1: difficult, hard to bear