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βαρέωςStrong’s G0917

bareōs

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Bareōs is the Greek word usually translated “barely”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
Matthew 13:15 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “barely”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • barely 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

βαρέως bareōs · difficultly

βαρέως, adv. (βαρύς), [in LXX: β. φέρειν, Gen.31:35 (חרה בעיני); β. ἀκούειν, Isa.6:10 (כּבד hi.)* ;] heavily, with difficulty: Mat.13:15, Act.28:27" (LXX) .† (AS)

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.