pr. to apply the lapis Lydius or touchstone; met. to examine, scrutinize, try, either by words or torture; in NT to afflict, torment; pass.

of great price, precious, Mt. 26:7*

heavy;, met. burdensome, oppressive or difficult of observance, as precepts, Mt. 23:4; 1 Jn. 5:3; weighty, important, momentous, Mt.

Bartimaeus, pr. name, Mk. 10:46*

Bar-sabas, pr. name (1) Joseph, surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23 (2) Judas, Acts 15:22*

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.

Barnabas, pr. name, Acts 4:36; 13:1f.; 14:12; 15:2f.; 1 Cor. 9:6; Gal. 2:1, 9, 13; Col. 4:10

also Βὰρ Ἰωνᾶ ορ Βαριωνᾶς, Bar-jona, pr. name, Mt. 16:17*

Bar-jesus, pr. name, Acts 13:6*