Word

βαρέω

baréō · G916 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to be burdened, to be troubled

To experience difficulty by burdensome and troublous obligations

Examples
Luke 21:34 “But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap;
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction which occurred in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
to be sound asleep, to be completely asleep

(An idiom, literally: to be burdened by sleep) To be in a state of deep sleep

Examples
Luke 9:32 Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him.
to have become very sleepy, to be very sleepy

(An idiom, literally: their eyes were weighed down) To become excessively or exceedingly sleepy

Examples
Matthew 26:43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

εἰμίto be 1
ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
καρδίαheart 1
Not stated: we 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 6 groups

ἐνin+ κραιπάληdrunken dissipation 1
ἐνin+ μέθηdrunkenness 1
ἐνin+ μέριμναanxiety 1
ἐπίon+ θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ὑπερβολήextraordinary 1
ὑπέρfor+ δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

καταφέρω kataphérō · G2702 · to bring against, to cause to happen to, to bring about: Both terms relate to the concept of succumbing to sleep or being weighed down by drowsiness. The target emphasizes the weighing-down effect of drowsiness, while καταφέρω emphasizes the bearing-down motion of being overcome by sleep — a minor difference of aspect within a shared sense of succumbing to sleep.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To be burdened, to be troubled22.18: Used of being weighed down by cares, as of hearts weighed down with dissipation and the worries of life in Luke 21:34 and being burdened excessively beyond strength in 2 Corinthians 1:8.
To have become very sleepy, to be very sleepy23.69: Used of heaviness brought on by drowsiness, as of the disciples' eyes being heavy with sleep in Matthew 26:43.
To be sound asleep, to be completely asleep23.71: Used of a deep state of sleep, as of Peter and his companions overcome with sleep in Luke 9:32.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βάρος báros · G922 · hardship, burden, tremendous · 6×βαρέωbaréō · G916βαρύς barýs · G926 · heavy, burdensome, troublous · 6×ἐπιβαρέω epibaréō · G1912 · to burden, to be a financial burden to · 3×βαρέως baréōs · G917 · to be slow to understand, to be mentally dull · 2×ἀβαρής abarḗs · G4 · not being financially burdensome · 1×βαρύνω barýnō · G925 · to burden · 1×βαρύτιμος barýtimos · G927 · valuable, expensive · 1×καταβαρέω katabaréō · G2599 · to overburden · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βάρω: to burden, weigh down, depress; in the N. T. found only in the passive, viz.,…

βάρω: to burden, weigh down, depress; in the N. T. found only in the passive, viz., present participle βαρούμενοι, imperative βαρείσθω; 1 aorist ἐβαρήθην; perfect participle βεβαρημενος; the better writings do not use the present; they use only the participles, βεβαρηως and βεβαρημενος; see Matth. § 227; Winers Grammar, 83 (80); (Buttmann, 54 (47); Veitch, under the word). Used simply: to be weighed down, oppressed, with external evils and calamities, 2 Cor 1:8; of the mental oppression which the thought of inevitable death occasions, 2 Cor 5:4; ὀφθαλμοί βεβαρημένοι, namely, ὕπνῳ, weighed down with sleep, Mk 14:40 (L T Tr WH καταβαρυνόμενοι); Mt 26:43; with ὕπνῳ added, Lk 9:32; ἐν (בְּ) κραιπάλῃ, Lk 21:34 Rec. βαρυνθῶσιν (see βαρύνω) (Homer, Odyssey 19, 122 οἴνῳ βεβαρηοτες, Diodorus Siculus 4, 38 τῇ νόσῳ); μή βαρείσθω let it not be burdened, namely, with their expense, 1 Tim 5:16, (ἐισφοραις, Dio Cassius, 46, 32). (Compare: ἐπιβαρέω, καταβαρέω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Experience Trouble, Hardship3 occurrences Sleep, Waking2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0