Lexicon elaphros: light, easy to bear Original Word: ἐλαφρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: elaphros Phonetic Spelling: (el-af-ros') Short Definition: light, not burdensome Definition: light, not burdensome. HELPS word-Studies 1645 elaphrós (from mikros, "least, little," J. Thayer) – properly, of little weight (light); (figuratively) easily managed (carried) because easy to bear (move with). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionlight, easy to bear NASB Translationlight (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1645: ἐλαφρόςἐλαφρός, ἐλαφρα, ἐλαφρόν, light in weight, quick, agile; a light φορτίον is used figuratively concerning the commandments of Jesus, easy to be kept, Matthew 11:30; neuter τό ἐλαφρόν, substantively, the lightness: τῆς θλίψεως ( A. V. our light affliction), 2 Corinthians 4:17. (From Homer down.)
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