Strong's Greek: 1912. ἐπιβαρέω (epibareó) -- to put a burden on

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Lexicon

epibareó: to put a burden on

Original Word: ἐπιβαρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epibareó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-bar-eh'-o)
Short Definition: I burden
Definition: I put a burden on, am burdensome.

HELPS word-Studies

1912 epibaréō (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting" intensifying 916 /baréō, "become heavy, burdensome") – properly, to burden upon, bringing inevitable (expected) side-effects that go with becoming a burden. These effects naturally build on how someone is viewed, i.e. when thought of as exerting "negative weight" in a relationship.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from epi and bareó
Definition
to put a burden on
NASB Translation
burden (2), say too much (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 1912: ἐπιβαρέω

ἐπιβαρέω, ἐπιβαρῶ; 1 aorist infinitive ἐπιβαρῆσαί; to put a burden upon, to load (cf. ἐπί, D. 3); tropically, to be burdensome; so in the N. T.: τινα, 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; absolutely, ἵνα μή ἐπιβαρῶ 'that I press not too heavily' i. e. lest I give pain by too severe language, 2 Corinthians 2:5. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Appian.)

Strong's

to burden, weigh down

From epi and bareo; to be heavy upon, i.e. (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively, to be severe towards -- be chargeable to, overcharge.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK bareo