Lexicon epibareó: to put a burden on Original Word: ἐπιβαρέωPart 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 Originfrom epi and bareóDefinitionto put a burden on NASB Translationburden (2), say too much (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1912: ἐπιβαρέωἐπιβαρέω, 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 |
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