impediment

Greek Noun Male

ὄγκος, -ου, ὁ bulk, mass; metaphorically, an encumbrance: Heb.12:1. SYN.: βάρος, a weight; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne (AS)

impediment

Greek Noun Male

ὄγκος, ὁ, B) bulk, size, mass of a body, μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν. ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, [Refs]; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt.[Refs]; ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν [Refs]; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, [Refs 4th c.BC+], the space filled by a body, opposed to τὸ κενόν, [Refs]in bulk, GC [Refs] B.b) flatulent distentions, [Refs] B.2) bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γαστρὸς ὄ, of a child in the womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]bodies, material substances, [Refs]; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, [Refs] B.3) a bushy top-knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B.4) the human body, τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] B.II) metaphorically, bulk, weight, trouble, βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.2) weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, [Refs]; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, [Refs]of pretension, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.3) of style, loftiness, majesty, ὄ. τῆς λέξεως [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in bad sense, bombast, ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] B.III) in Philos, particle, mass, body, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a mass (as bending or bulging by its load), i.e. burden (hindrance); weight; probably from the same as g43 (ἀγκάλη)