βάρος baros · G0922

burden

βάρος, -εος, τό, ; [in LXX: Jdg.18:21 (כּבד), Jdth.7:4, Sir.13:2, 2Ma.9:10, 3Ma.5:47 * ; ] ; weight; (a) a weight, burden, lit. and metaphorically: Mat.20:12, Act.15:28, 2Co.4:17, Rev.2:24; ἀλλήλων τὰ β., one another's faults, Gal.6:2; ἐν β., burdensome: 1Th.2:6, R, txt., but see infr.; (b) in late Gk. (Soph., Lex., see word), dignity, authority: ἐν βάρει, 1Th.2:6 (R, mg.; see Milligan, ICG, in l.).† ; SYN.: ὄγκος, an encumbrance; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne. (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βάρος [ᾰ], ους, ; Ionic dialect εος, τό, weight, []; II a weight, burden, load, τέκνων []weights, []; III oppressiveness, τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον β. []; βάρος φέρειν to give trouble, τινί []; IV heaviness, torpor, β. ναρκῶδες []; βάρη καὶ δυσαρεστήματα perhaps feeling of oppression, []; V metaphorically, heavy weight, σιγῆς β. []; βάρος πημονῆς, συμφορᾶς, []; ὥσπερ βάρους μεταλαμβάνειν Arist []: hence alone, grief, misery, []; of oppressive demands, β. τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων, τῶν φόρων, []; οὐκέτι …

Where it's used 5 times

Matthew 20:12 · Acts 15:28 · 2 Corinthians 4:17 · Galatians 6:2 · Revelation 2:24

Source: TBESG G0922; TFLSJ G0922

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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