verb
katabaramō
Strong’sG2599
I burden, oppress
stem katabar-once in the New Testament1 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.
*† κατα-βαρέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2599 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
weigh down, overload, variant for{καταπονέω} in Refs 2nd c.AD+: metaphorically, impose a burden on, τινας NT+1st c.AD+; τῶν -βαρούντων τὸ σῶμα καμάτων Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, to be overborne, crushed, καταβαρεῖσθαι τῇ μάχῃ Refs 2nd c.BC+; also, to be outweighed, ὑπὸ τοῦ συμφέροντος Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| katabaramaκατεβάρησα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | burden | 1× |
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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katabaramō | katabarame | katabarami | katabarama1×κατεβάρησα | katabaramē | katabaramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katabarasō | katabarase | katabarasi | katabarasa | katabarasē | katabaraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katabaratō | katabarate | katabarati | katabarata | katabaratē | katabaratelē |
| we 1st person plural | katabaranō | katabarane | katabarani | katabarana | katabaranē | katabaranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katabaravō | katabarave | katabaravi | katabarava | katabaravē | katabaravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katabaralō | katabarale | katabarali | katabarala | katabaralē | katabaralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katabarameiō | katabarameia | katabarameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katabaraseiō | katabaraseia | katabaraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katabarateiō | katabarateia | katabarateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katabaraneiō | katabaraneia | katabaraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katabaraveiō | katabaraveia | katabaraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katabaraleiō | katabaraleia | katabaraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katabarasōr | katabarasar | katabarasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katabaratōr | katabaratar | katabaratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katabaravōr | katabaravar | katabaravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katabaralōr | katabaralar | katabaralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katabaramoiō | katabaramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katabarasoiō | katabarasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katabaratoiō | katabaratoia |
| we 1st person plural | katabaranoiō | katabaranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katabaravoiō | katabaravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katabaraloiō | katabaraloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katabararō | katabarari | katabarara | katabararē |
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 | katabararōntos | katabararintos | katabararantos | katabararēntos |
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
katabar 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katabarama“burden”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:16atōr de, mis ouk katabarama vin; alla huparcharōntos panourgos dolo vin …… it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I …