Strong's Lexicon barus: Heavy, burdensome, grievous, severe Original Word: βαρύς HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 926 barýs – (an adjective, also used substantively) – properly, heavy (weighty); (figuratively) what is grievous (burdensome), pressing down on a person with oppressive force. Such a grievous burden makes a person unable to function (enjoy free movement). See 922 (baros). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition heavy NASB Translation burdensome (1), heavy (1), savage (1), serious (1), weightier provisions (1), weighty (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 926: βαρύςβαρύς, βαρεῖα, βαρύ, heavy; 1. properly, i. e. heavy in weight: φορτίον, Matthew 23:4 (in 11:30 we have the opposite, ἐλαφρόν). 2. metaphorically, a. burdensome: ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 1 John 5:3. b. severe, stern: ἐπιστολή, 2 Corinthians 10:10 (others, imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein at the passage). c. weighty, i. e. of great moment: τά βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου the weightier precepts of the law, Matthew 23:23; αἰτιάματα (better αἰτιώματα (which see)), Acts 25:7. d. violent, cruel, unsparing (A. V. grievous): λύκοι, Acts 20:29 (so also Homer, Iliad 1:89; Xenophon, Ages. 11, 12). From the same as baros; weighty, i.e. (fig) burdensome, grave -- grievous, heavy, weightier. see GREEK baros Englishman's Concordance Matthew 23:4 Adj-ANPGRK: δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ δυσβάστακτα NAS: They tie up heavy burdens and lay KJV: For they bind heavy burdens and INT: moreover burdens heavy and hard to bear Matthew 23:23 Adj-ANP-C Acts 20:29 Adj-NMP Acts 25:7 Adj-ANP 2 Corinthians 10:10 Adj-NFP 1 John 5:3 Adj-NFP Strong's Greek 926 |
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