βάροςbáros
weight
Greek (New Testament) · G922
Meanings
(a) a weight, burden, lit. and metaphorically: Matthew 20:12, Acts 15:28, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Revelation 2:24; ἀλλήλων τὰ β., one another's faults, Galatians 6:2; ἐν β., burdensome: 1 Thessalonians 2:6, R, text, but see below
(b) in late Gk., dignity, authority: ἐν βάρει, 1 Thessalonians 2:6.
Synonyms
ὄγκος, an encumbrance; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 20:12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
- Acts 15:28 “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements:
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
- Galatians 6:2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
- Revelation 2:24 “But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,’ as they call them—depths of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.