burden

Greek Noun Neuter

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)

burden

Greek Noun Neuter

βάρος [ᾰ], ους, Ionic dialect εος, τό, weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) a weight, burden, load, τέκνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]weights, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) oppressiveness, τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον β. [LXX]; βάρος φέρειν to give trouble, τινί [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) heaviness, torpor, β. ναρκῶδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρη καὶ δυσαρεστήματα perhaps feeling of oppression, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) metaphorically, heavy weight, σιγῆς β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρος πημονῆς, συμφορᾶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ βάρους μεταλαμβάνειν Arist [Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence alone, grief, misery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of oppressive demands, β. τῶν ἐπιταγμάτων, τῶν φόρων, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα φέρειν τὰ β. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κουφίσαι τὰ β. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VI) in good sense, abundance, πλούτου, ὄλβου, [NT+5th c.BC+]; strength, στρατοπέδων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; β. τῆς ὑλακῆς violence of, [Refs 4th c.AD+] VII) weight, influence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; gravity, dignity of character, [Refs]; opposed to χάρις, [Refs] VIII) Grammars, stress of accent, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IX) in Music, ={βαρύτης}, low pitch, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

compare g899 (βάθος)); weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority; burden(-some), weight; probably from the same as g939 (βάσις) (through the notion of going down