βαρέω
bareō · be heavy, weigh down
Greek word · Strong’s number G916 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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bareō (βαρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be heavy, weigh down”.
Weigh down, burden; in the passive, be heavy, be weighed down.
How to say it
ba·re·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Feel a pressing load upon one.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- weighed down ×3
- be burdened ×1
- being burdened ×1
- heavy ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 26:43
And coming again, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
- Luke 9:32
Now Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
- Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day come upon you suddenly
- 2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that came about in Asia: that we were weighed down utterly, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4
For indeed we who are in the tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to put on the other over it, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
- 1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has widows, let her help them, and do not let the assembly be burdened, so that it may help those who are truly widows.