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G4 ἀβαρής (abarḗs)

Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

ἀβαρής, ες Adj not burdensome

Strong's Definition

weightless, i.e. (figuratively) not burdensome

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G922 (βάρος);

KJV Usage: from being burdensome

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ές | ἀ- + βάρος

57.225 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Be a Financial Burden

not being financially burdensome (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀβαρής ‘to be light in weight,’ not occurring in the NT) pertaining to not being financially burdensome to anyone

2CO 11:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀβαρής, -és, (βάρος weight), without weight, light; trop. not burdensome: ἀβαρῇ ὑμῖν ἐμαυτὸν ἐτήρησα I have avoided burdening you with expense on my account, 2 Co. xi. 9; see 1 Th. ii. 9, cf. 6. (Fr. Aristot. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀβαρής abarēs 1x

literally: weightless; figuratively: not burdensome, 2 Cor. 11:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἀβαρής, -ές

(< βαρός),

without weight; metaph. (MM, VGT, s.v.) not burdensome: II Co 11:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀβαρής [page 1] For ἀβαρής in a metaphorical sense, as in 2Co_11:9 , Nδgeli (p. 38) cites CIG 5361 .15 (Berenice, i/B.C.) ἀ . ἑαυτὸν παρέσχηται , and BGU I. 248 .26 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δέ σοι ἀβα [ρὲ ]ς ᾖ , χρῆσόν μοι ὀνάριον . Add P Oxy VI. 933 .29 (late ii/A.D.) and BGU IV. 1080 .17 f. (iii/A.D. ?) εἴ σοι ἀβ [α ]ρές ἐστιν καὶ δυνα [τόν , σ ]υναπόστιλόν μοι κτλ . The physical sense is cited from Aristotle; the metaphysical appears in Plutarch (59C).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀβαρής (abarēs) — not burdensome. ἀβαρής, ές, (βάρος) without weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; light, γῆ[Refs 1st c.BC+] a light matter, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. not offensive, ὀσμαί[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of persons, not burdensome, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν, παρέχειν, [NT]. adverb -ρῶς without giving offence, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; without taking offence, [Refs]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

αβαρής, -ές (βαρός), without weight; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word) not burdensome: 2Co.11:9.† (AS)

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