ἐπιβαρέω
epibareō · burden, overstate
Greek word · Strong’s number G1912 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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epibareō (ἐπιβαρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “burden, overstate”.
Put a burden on, be a burden; also overstate, put it too heavily.
How to say it
e·pi·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
- To weigh on others, making them bear costs.
- To state things more harshly than they are.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- burden ×2
- lay it on too heavily ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 2:5
But if anyone has caused grief, he has grieved not me but in some measure —so that I do not lay it on too heavily— all of you.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: working night and day so as not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the good news of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8
nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but with labor and toil we worked night and day so as not to burden any of you;