verb
epibaramō
Strong’sG1912
I burden
stem epibar-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐπι-βαρέω, -ῶ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1912 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
weigh down: hence, be a burden to, Refs; overload, of food, Refs 2nd c.AD+: with dative, press heavily upon, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, lay a burden on oneself, trouble oneself, c.infinitive, Refs 2nd c.AD+ — passive, with future middle Refs 5th c.BC+ (Te nos).
2. passive, of a bandage, to be found irksome, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epibarameiōἐπιβαρῶ | happening now · Ipresent active subjunctive 1st person singular | say too much | 1× |
| epibararaἐπιβαρῆσαί | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | be a burden | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epibaramō | epibarame | epibarami | epibarama | epibaramē | epibaramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epibarasō | epibarase | epibarasi | epibarasa | epibarasē | epibaraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epibaratō | epibarate | epibarati | epibarata | epibaratē | epibaratelē |
| we 1st person plural | epibaranō | epibarane | epibarani | epibarana | epibaranē | epibaranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epibaravō | epibarave | epibaravi | epibarava | epibaravē | epibaravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epibaralō | epibarale | epibarali | epibarala | epibaralē | epibaralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epibarameiō1×ἐπιβαρῶ | epibarameia | epibarameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epibaraseiō | epibaraseia | epibaraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epibarateiō | epibarateia | epibarateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epibaraneiō | epibaraneia | epibaraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epibaraveiō | epibaraveia | epibaraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epibaraleiō | epibaraleia | epibaraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epibarasōr | epibarasar | epibarasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epibaratōr | epibaratar | epibaratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epibaravōr | epibaravar | epibaravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epibaralōr | epibaralar | epibaralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epibaramoiō | epibaramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epibarasoiō | epibarasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epibaratoiō | epibaratoia |
| we 1st person plural | epibaranoiō | epibaranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epibaravoiō | epibaravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epibaraloiō | epibaraloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epibararō | epibarari | epibarara2×ἐπιβαρῆσαί | epibararē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epibararōntos | epibararintos | epibararantos | epibararēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epibar 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
epibarameiō“say too much”happening now · Ipresent active subjunctive 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 2:5“say too much”… lupatē, alla apo mereu hina mē epibarameiō pantoin vin.… has not grieved me but all of you — to some degree, not to overstate …
epibarara“be a burden”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive2×
1 Thessalonians 2:9… kai hēmerau ergazorōntois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu kērussana eis vin tem …… day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to …
2 Thessalonians 3:8… kai hēmerau ergazorōntois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu;… day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.