ὄγκος, ὀγδου, ὁ (apparently from ἘΓΚΩ, ἐνεγκεῖν, equivalent to φόρτος, see Buttmann, Lexil. i. 288ff (Fishlake's translation, p. 151f), whatever is prominent, protuberance, bulk, mass, hence), a burden, weight, encumbrance: Hebrews 12:1. (In many other uses in Greek writings of all ages.) [SYNONYMS:ὄγκος, βάρος, φορτίον: βάρος refers to weight, o. to bulk, and either may be oppressive (contra Tittmann); βάροςa load in so far as it is heavy, φορτίονa burden in so far as it is borne; hence, the φορτίον may be either 'heavy' (Matthew 23:4; Sir. 21:16), or 'light' (Matthew 11:30).]
Hebrews 12:1 - N-AMS GRK:νέφος μαρτύρων ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα NAS: every encumbrance and the sin KJV: lay aside every weight, and the sin INT: a cloud of witnesses weight having laid aside every