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Lexicon :: Strong's G926 - barys

Aa
βαρύς
Transliteration
barys (Key)
Pronunciation
bar-ooce'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as βάρος (G922)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:556,95

Strong’s Definitions

βαρύς barýs, bar-ooce'; from the same as G922; weighty, i.e. (fig) burdensome, grave:—grievous, heavy, weightier.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G926 in the following manner: grievous (3x), heavy (1x), weighty (1x), weighter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G926 in the following manner: grievous (3x), heavy (1x), weighty (1x), weighter (1x).

  1. heavy in weight

  2. metaph.

    1. burdensome

    2. severe, stern

    3. weighty

      1. of great moment

    4. violent, cruel, unsparing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βαρύς barýs, bar-ooce'; from the same as G922; weighty, i.e. (fig) burdensome, grave:—grievous, heavy, weightier.
STRONGS G926:
βαρύς, -εῖα, -ύ, heavy;
1. properly, i. e. heavy in weight: φορτίον, Matthew 23:4 (in Matthew 11:30 we have the opposite, ἐλαφρόν).
2. metaphorically,
a. burdensome: ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 1 John 5:3.
b. severe, stern: ἐπιστολή, 2 Corinthians 10:10 [others, imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein at the passage].
c. weighty, i. e. of great moment: τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου the weightier precepts of the law, Matthew 23:23; αἰτιάματα [better αἰτιώματα (which see)], Acts 25:7.
d. violent, cruel, unsparing, [A. V. grievous]: λύκοι, Acts 20:29 (so also Homer, Iliad 1:89; Xenophon, Ages. 11, 12).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:30; 23:4; 23:23
Acts
20:29; 25:7
2 Corinthians
10:10
1 John
5:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G926 matches the Greek βαρύς (barys),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 - Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:8 - and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 -
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:
Therefore have my words been rash.

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With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
Much elder than thy father.

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Even to-day is my complaint rebellious:
My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 -
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,
Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

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I will give thee thanks in the great assembly:
I will praise thee among much people.

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For mine iniquities are gone over my head:
As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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Mark ye well her bulwarks;
Consider her palaces:
That ye may tell it to the generation following.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

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The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel;
He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds;
And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;—
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