bareō (to burden)

Meaning

Usually translated “wearied”, “may be burdened” and “we were weighed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

wearied 2
may be burdened 1
we were weighed 1
being burdened 1
should be burdened 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 2
2 Corinthians 2
Matthew 1
1 Timothy 1

4 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 26:43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 9:32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
2 Corinthians 5:4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Greek dictionary

βαρέω bareō · to burden

βαρέω, -ῶ (later form of βαρύνω, which see), [in LXX: Exo.7:14 (כָּבֵד), 2Ma.13:9 * ;] to depress, weigh down. In NT, in pass. only: Mat.26:43, Luk.9:32 21:34, 2Co.1:8 5:4, 1Ti.5:16.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “burden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BURD'EN, noun

burd'n; written also burthen. [Latin fero, or porto.]

That which is borne or carried; a load.
That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.
A birth.
The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument.

All definitions and other forms of “burden”

In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.
A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden
A club. [Not in use.]

BURD'EN, verb transitive

burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,

To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.