STRONGS NUMBER G1912


Word Summary
epibareō: to put a burden on
Original Word: ἐπιβαρέω
Transliteration: epibareō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-bar-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put a burden on
Meaning: to put a burden on
Strong's Concordance
to burden, weigh down

From epi and bareo; to be heavy upon, i.e. (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively, to be severe towards -- be chargeable to, overcharge.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK bareo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1912: ἐπιβαρέω

ἐπιβαρέω, ἐπιβαρῶ; 1 aorist infinitive ἐπιβαρῆσαί; to put a burden upon, to load (cf. ἐπί, D. 3); tropically, to be burdensome; so in the N. T.: τινα, 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; absolutely, ἵνα μή ἐπιβαρῶ 'that I press not too heavily' i. e. lest I give pain by too severe language, 2 Corinthians 2:5. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Appian.)