Definition
ἐπι-βαρέω, -ῶ
to put a burden on, be burdensome: figuratively, absol., 2 Corinthians 2:6; with accusative of person(s), 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8 (cf. M, Th., I, 29).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- 2 Corinthians 2:5ἐπιβαρῶ · overstate [it]Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9ἐπιβαρῆσαί · we would not be a burdenSurely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8ἐπιβαρῆσαί · we would not be a burden…nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.