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βάρος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
βάρος, ους, τό
Greek transliteration: 
baros
Simplified transliteration: 
baros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
922
GK Number: 
983
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3d(2b)
Gloss: 
burden, weight; this can refer either to difficulty or importance
Definition: 
weight, heaviness; a burden, anything grievous and hard to be borne, Mt. 20:12; Acts 15:28; Gal. 6:2; Rev. 2:24; burden, charge or weight, influence, dignity, honor, 1 Thess. 2:7; with another noun in government, fulness, abundance, excellence, 2 Cor. 4:17*

Greek-English Concordance for βάρος

Matthew 20:12 saying, ‘These last worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) of the day and the scorching heat.’
Acts 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) than these essential requirements:
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our momentary lightness of affliction is producing for us an eternal weight (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut) of glory far beyond all comparison,
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens (barē | βάρη | acc pl neut), and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:7 Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children.
Revelation 2:24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not follow this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden (baros | βάρος | acc sg neut),