noun · neuter

barem

Greekβάρος (baros)

Strong’sG922

a weight, burden

stem bar-6 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

burden4×burdens1×weight1×

What it means

βάρος, -εος, τό,

[in LXX: Jg 18:21 (כּבד), Jth 7:4, Si 13:2, II Mac 9:10, III Mac 5:47*;]

weight;

(a) a weight, burden, lit. and metaph.: Mt 20:12, Ac 15:28, II Co 4:17, Re 2:24; ἀλλήλων τὰ β., one another's faults, Ga 6:2; ἐν β., burdensome: I Th 2:6, R, txt., but v. infr.;

(b) in late Gk. (Soph., Lex., s.v.), dignity, authority: ἐν βάρει, I Th 2:6 (R, mg.; v. Milligan, ICG, in l.).†

SYN.: ὄγκος, an encumbrance; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G922 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbar'-os

compare G899); weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority

Fromprobably from the same as G939 (through the notion of going down;

King Jamesburden(-some), weight.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	barem	bareim
of, belonging to genitive	bareu	bareiu
to, for dative	bare1×βάρει	barei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

barstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

bare is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

barimō — βαρέω, I weight, load, burden

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

bare“burden”to, fordative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 2:7“burden”dunerōtois en bare arō hōs Christou apostolois; alla ginina ēpiois en mese vu, hōs ean trofas thalpateiō teim heautau tekneim;On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

barem4×

Matthew 20:12“burden”legarōtois; Houtois tois eschatois henan hōran poiala, kai isoin autoin ni poiasa toi bastazaratoi tem barem tau hēmerau kai ton kausōnon.‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

Acts 15:28“burden”dokata gar te pneume te hagie kai ni mēdenem polloterem epitithirō vi barem plēn houteiu teiu epanankes,It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

2 Corinthians 4:17“weight”tem gar parautika elafrem tau thlipsiau nu kata huperbolan eis huperbolan aiōniem barem doxau katergazetō ni,For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

Revelation 2:24“burden”vi de legamō toi loipoi toi en Thuateirei, hosois ouk echalō tan didachan houtan, hotinois ouk gnōskala teim bathueim tou Satanaou, hōs legalō, ouk ballamō epi vin allem barem;But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you

bareim1×

Galatians 6:2“burdens”allēloiu teim bareim bastazavōr, kai houtōs anaplēravi ton nomon tou Christou.Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.