Forms of the word
Dictionary
βάρος, ους, τό
Greek transliteration
baros
Simplified transliteration
baros
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3d(2b)
Gloss
burden, weight; this can refer either to difficulty or importance
Definition
weight, heaviness; a burden, anything grievous and hard to be borne, Mt. 20:12; Acts 15:28; Gal. 6:2; Rev. 2:24; burden, charge or weight, influence, dignity, honor, 1 Thess. 2:7; with another noun in government, fulness, abundance, excellence, 2 Cor. 4:17*
Greek-English Concordance for βάρος
| Matthew 20:12 |
saying, ‘These last worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) of the day and the scorching heat.’ |
| Acts 15:28 |
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) than these essential requirements: |
| 2 Corinthians 4:17 |
For our momentary lightness of affliction is producing for us an eternal weight (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) of glory far beyond all comparison, |
| Galatians 6:2 |
Bear one another’s burdens (barē | βάρη | acc pl neut), and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:7 |
Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children. |
| Revelation 2:24 |
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not follow this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut), |