G3591: ὄγκος
ónkos · “impediment”
Definition
a mass (as bending or bulging by its load), i.e. burden (hindrance)
KJV translates it as: weight
Word origin: probably from the same as G43 (ἀγκάλη);
Extended definition
ὄγκος, -ου, ὁ
bulk, mass; metaphorically, an encumbrance: Heb.12:1.†
SYN.: βάρος, a weight; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne (AS)
bulk, mass; metaphorically, an encumbrance: Heb.12:1.†
SYN.: βάρος, a weight; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3591 is translated
- weight ×1
Bible verses with G3591 (ónkos)
Ónkos appears in 1 verse.
- Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,