Quick Definition
βαρύς, εῖα, ύ Adj heavy, weighty, burdensome
Strong's Definition
from the same as 922; weighty, i.e. (fig) burdensome, grave
KJV Usage: grievous, heavy, weightier
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -εῖα, -ύ | βαρέω
86.1 · Weight · Heavy, Light
heavy, burdensome pertaining to being relatively heavy Although the meaning of βαρύς in MAT 23:4 is literal, the entire expression is figurative, and so it may be necessary in some languages to say ‘they fix up heavy loads, so to speak, and tie them on people’s backs.’
22.30 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Difficult, Hard
burdensome, troublous pertaining to that which is difficult in view of its being burdensome In rendering ‘his commandments are not burdensome,’ it may be necessary in some languages to translate ‘it is not difficult to do what he has commanded.’
65.55 · Value · Important, Unimportant
important, significant pertaining to being important in view of substantive character
20.7 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Violence
fierce, vicious, cruel pertaining to one who is vicious and cruel In a number of languages a strictly literal translation of ACT 20:29 might be misunderstood. It may therefore be important to translate the last part of this expression as ‘people like cruel wolves will come among you.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βαρύς, -εἴα, -ύ, heavy; 1. prop. i.e. heavy in weight: φορτίον, Mt. xxiii. 4 (in xi. 30 we have the opposite, ἐλαφρόν). 2. metaph. a. burdensome: ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 1 Jn. v.3. b. severe, stern: ἐπιστολή, 2 Co. x. 10 [al. imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein ad loc.]. ο. weighty, i.e. of great moment: τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νύμου the weightier precepts of the law, Mt. xxiii. 23; αἰτιάματα [better αἰτιώματα (q. v.)], Acts xxv. 7. ἃἅ. violent, cruel, unsparing, [A. V. grievous]: λύκοι, Acts xx. 29 (so also Hom. Π. i. 89; Xen. Ages. 11, 12).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βαρύς barys 6x
heavy; met. burdensome, oppressive or difficult of observance, as precepts, Mt. 23:4; 1 Jn. 5:3; weighty, important, momentous, Mt. 23:23; Acts 25:7; grievous, oppressive, afflictive, violent, Acts 20:29; authoritative, strict, stern, severe, 2 Cor. 10:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βαρύς, -εῖα, ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for כָּבֵד;]
heavy: Mt 23:4. Metaph., burdensome: ἐντολή, I Jo 5:3; severe (perh. impressive): ἐπιστολή, II Co 10:10; weighty: τὰ βαρύτερα τ. νόμου, Mt 23:23; αἰτιώματα, Ac 25:7; violent, cruel (EV, grievous): λύκος, Ac 20:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βαρύς. See the first reference 5... βάρος and cf. P Tebt I. 52! (c. B.C. 114) δι (1 διὰ τό) με ἐν βαρυϊτέϊρᾳ ἀρρωστίᾳ Kio [Par “since I am seriously ill” (Edd.). In P Goodsp Cairo 151° (A.D. 362) B. = “‘ pregnant ”’—rhv μὲν Tanow βαρέαν οὖσαν ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν αὐτῶν ἐξέτρωσεν (= -av) τὸ βρέφος, “to Taesis who was pregnant they occasioned by their violence the miscarriage of her child” (Ed.): see Archiz ili. p. 116 on the passage. For the adverb see P Lond 42” (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 31) ἣ μήτηρ cov τυγχάνει βαρέως ἔχουσα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βαρύς (barus) — weighty. βᾰρύς, εῖα, ύ, poetry genitive plural feminine βαρεῶν uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— heavy in weight, β. ἀείρεσθαι, opposed to κοῦφος, [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly with collateral notion of strength and force, χεῖρα βαρεῖαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of athletes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὀφρύς bushy, [Refs]; but also, heavy with age, infirmity or suffering, νόσῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pregnant, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; β. βάσις heavy, slow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb κοῦφον βαρέως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. heavy to bear, grievous, ἄτη, ἔρις, κακότης, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βαρὺ or βαρέα στενάχειν sob heavily, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Trag. and Prose, burdensome, grievous, oppressive, β. ξυμφορά, τύχαι, καταλλαγαί, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]causing disgust, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; unwholesome, χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; indigestible, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb -έως, φέρειν τι take a thing ill, suffer it impatiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+] bear with dignity, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; β. ἔχειν, with part, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς λογίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative βαρυτέρως τινὶ ἐναντιωθῆναι [LXX]; βαρέως ἀκούειν hear with disgust, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. violent, ὀργή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυμός [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. weighty, grave, ἐπιστολαί [NT]; ample, βαρυτάτην εὐδαιμονίαν τοῖς ἀρχομένοις παρέξειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. of persons, severe, stern, β. ἐπιτιμητής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; wearisome, troublesome, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. overbearing, σεμνότεροι ἢ βαρύτεροι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; important, powerful, πόλις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.3. of soldiers, heavy-armed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the ὁπλίτης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ β. τῶν ὅπλων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.4. difficult, ὅρκος γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἀνδρὶ φηλήτῃ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. of impressions on the senses,
III.1. of sound, strong, deep, bass, opposed to to ὀξύς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of musical pitch, low, opposed to ὀξύς, βαρυτάτη χορδή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆχος, φωνά, [Refs 4th c.BC+] M.; of accent, grave, ἀντὶ ὀξείας τῆς μέσης συλλαβῆς βαρεῖαν ἐφθεγξάμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+] accentus gravis, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]unaccented, [Refs] adverb βαρέως with the accent thrown back, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (ου) opposed to οὗ), [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but, on a lower note, αὐλεῖν [Refs]
III.2. of smell, strong, offensive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. adverb βαρέως slowly, ἐπισπᾶσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (guṛr-u- from gu[rmacr]ṛ-u-, Sanskrit gurús 'heavy', Latin gravis (from feminine gur[schwa]wī-), Gothic kaúrus 'heavy'.)