adverb
bareōs
Greekβαρέως (bareōs)
Strong’sG917
heavily, with difficulty
stem bareō-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
βαρέως, adv.
(< βαρύς), [in LXX: β. φέρειν, Ge 31:35 (בעיני חרה); β. ἀκούειν, Is 6:10 (כּבד hi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G917 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbar-eh'-oce
heavily (figuratively)
Fromadverb from G926;
King Jamesdull.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
bareōs2×
Matthew 13:15“with difficulty”pachunita gar tas kardias tou laou houtou, kai tei ouei bareōs akouala, kai toin ofthalmoin autoiu kammuala; mēpote horaleia toi ofthalmoi kai tei ouei akoualeia kai ta kardia suniēkaleia kai epistrefaleia, kai iemi autoin.For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Acts 28:27“hard”pachunita gar tas kardias tou laou houtou, kai tei ouei bareōs akouala, kai toin ofthalmoin autoiu kammuala; mēpote horaleia toi ofthalmoi kai tei ouei akoualeia kai ta kardia suniēkaleia kai epistrefaleia, kai iemi autoin.For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’