Strong's Lexicon
G922 — βάρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G922 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βάρος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably from baino (to walk), through the notion of going down |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | baros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bar'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. weight 2. (figuratively, N.T. only) a load, abundance, authority |
| KJV Renderings: | burden(-some), weight |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βάρος, βαρέος, τό, heaviness, weight, burden, trouble: load, ἐπιτιθεναι τίνι (Xenophon, oec. 17, 9), to impose upon one cult requirements, Act 15:28; βάλλειν ἐπί τινα, Rev 2:24 (where the meaning is, ’I put upon you no other injunction which it might be difficult to observe’; cf. Düsterdieck at the passage); βαστάζειν τό βάρος τίνος, i. e. either the burden of a thing, as τό βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας the wearisome labor of the day Mat 20:12, or that which a person bears, as in Gal 6:2 (where used of troublesome moral faults; the meaning is, ’bear one another’s faults’). αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης a weight of glory never to cease, i. e. vast and transcendent glory (blessedness), 2Co 4:17; cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 34, 3; (πλούτου, Plutarch, Alex. M. 48). weight equivalent to authority: ἐν βαρεῖ εἶναι to have authority and influence, 1Th 2:7(6) (so also in Greek writings; cf. Wesseling on Diodorus Siculus 4, 61; (examples in Suidas under the word)). (Synonyms: see ὄγκος.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βάρος (burden(-some))
Matthew 20:12
- KJV: Saying These last have wrought one hour and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day
- GK: λέγοντες ότι ούτοι οι έσχατοι μίαν ώραν εποίησαν και ίσους ημίν αυτούς εποίησας τοις βαστάσασι το βάρος της ημέρας και τον καύσωνα
Acts 15:28
- KJV: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things
- GK: έδοξε γαρ τω αγίω πνεύματι και ημίν μηδέν πλέον επιτίθεσθαι υμίν βάρος πλην των επάναγκες τούτων
2 Corinthians 4:17
- KJV: For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding eternal weight of glory
- GK: το γαρ παραυτίκα ελαφρόν της θλίψεως ημών καθ΄ υπερβολήν εις υπερβολήν αιώνιον βάρος δόξης κατεργάζεται ημίν
Galatians 6:2
- KJV: Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ
- GK: αλλήλων τα βάρη βαστάζετε και ούτως αναπληρώσατε τον νόμον του χριστού
1 Thessalonians 2:6
- KJV: Nor of men sought we glory neither of you nor of others when we might have been burden some as the apostles of Christ
- GK: ούτε ζητούντες εξ ανθρώπων δόξαν ούτε αφ΄ υμών ούτε από άλλων δυνάμενοι εν βάρει είναι ως χριστού απόστολοι
Revelation 2:24
- KJV: But unto you I say and unto the rest in Thyatira as many as have not this doctrine and which have not known the depths of Satan as they speak I will put upon you none other burden
- GK: υμίν δε λέγω τοις λοιποίς τοις εν Θυατείροις όσοι ουκ έχουσι την διδαχήν ταύτην και οίτινες ουκ έγνωσαν τα βαθεα του σατανά ως λέγουσιν ου βαλώ εφ΄ υμάς άλλο βάρος