Strong's Concordance barus: heavy Original Word: βαρύς, εῖα, ύPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: barus Phonetic Spelling: (bar-ooce') Short Definition: heavy, weighty, burdensome Definition: heavy, weighty, burdensome, lit. and met; violent, oppressive. 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). 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 Strong's Greek 9266 Occurrences βαρέα — 2 Occ. βαρεῖαι — 2 Occ. βαρεῖς — 1 Occ. βαρύτερα — 1 Occ. Matthew 23:4 Adj-ANP GRK: 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 |