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Translation	Verse	Text
Strong Concordance	Ps 81:6	I removed [05493] his shoulder [07926] from the burden [05447]: his hands [03709] were delivered [05674] from the pots [01731].

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
BURDEN	A weight or load, on body or soul; often used figuratively, to denote afflictions, failings, sins, Ps 38:4 55:22 Ga 6:2; services under law, Mt 23:4; official responsibilities, Ex 18:22 De 1:12; and especially prophetic messages, not always of a threatening character, Isa 19:1. In this last sense the Hebrew word may be rendered "oracle," "divine declaration," or "prophecy," as in Pr 31:31,1.

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
BURDEN	(1.) A load of any kind (Ex. 23:5). (2.) A severe task (Ex.2:11). (3.) A difficult duty, requiring effort (Ex. 18:22). (4.) A prophecy of a calamitous or disastrous nature (Isa. 13:1; 17:1; Hab. 1:1, etc.).

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POTS

Job 41:20, applied in Scripture to a great variety of domestic vessels, of earthenware, iron, brass, and gold, used for cooking and serving food, etc., Jud 6:19 2Ki 4:40 Ps 58:9 Ec 7:5 Heb 9:4. In Ps 68:13, "though ye have lain among the pots," the Hebrew word means originally cattle-folds; and in Ps 81:6, "his hands were delivered from the pots," it refers to the baskets used by the Hebrews in the hard service exacted of them in Egypt, Ex 1:14.

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