Burden
βάροςStrong’s G0922baros
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Baros is the Greek word usually translated “burden”, “weight” and “burdens”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.”
Meaning
Usually translated “burden”, “weight” and “burdens”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- burden 3
- weight 1
- burdens 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- Revelation 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- Galatians 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
- Revelation 2:24But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Greek dictionary
βάρος baros · burden
βάρος, -εος, τό, [in LXX: Jdg.18:21 (כּבד), Jdth.7:4, Sir.13:2, 2Ma.9:10, 3Ma.5:47 * ;] weight; (a) a weight, burden, lit. and metaphorically: Mat.20:12, Act.15:28, 2Co.4:17, Rev.2:24; ἀλλήλων τὰ β., one another's faults, Gal.6:2; ἐν β., burdensome: 1Th.2:6, R, txt., but see infr.; (b) in late Gk. (Soph., Lex., see word), dignity, authority: ἐν βάρει, 1Th.2:6 (R, mg.; see Milligan, ICG, in l.).† SYN.: ὄγκος, an encumbrance; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne. (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.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.