Burdened Burden Burdensome

Burdened Burden Burdensome

'''A — 1: βάρος (Strong'S #922 — — baros — bar'-os )

denotes "a weight, anything pressing on one physically,"  Matthew 20:12 , or "that makes a demand on one's resources," whether material,  1 Thessalonians 2:6 (to be burdensome), or spiritual,   Galatians 6:2;  Revelation 2:24 , or religious,  Acts 15:28 . In one place it metaphorically describes the future state of believers as "an eternal weight of glory,"  2 Corinthians 4:17 . See Weight.

'''A — 2: φορτίον (Strong'S #5413 — Noun Neuter — phortion — for-tee'-on )

lit., "something carried" (from phero, "to bear"), is always used metaphorically (except in  Acts 27:10 , of the lading of a ship); of that which, though "light," is involved in discipleship of Christ,  Matthew 11:30; of tasks imposed by the scribes, Pharisees and lawyers,  Matthew 23:4;  Luke 11:46; of that which will be the result, at the judgment-seat of Christ, of each believer's work,  Galatians 6:5 .

 Galatians 6:2 Galatians 6:5

'''A — 3: γόμος (Strong'S #1117 — Noun Masculine — gomos — gom'-os )

from a root gem---, signifying "full, or heavy," seen in gemo, "to be full," gemizo, "to fill," Lat. gemo, "to groan," denotes "the lading of freight of a ship,"  Acts 21:3 , or "merchandise conveyed in a ship," and so "merchandise in general,"  Revelation 18:11,12 . See Merchandise.

'''B — 1: βαρέω (Strong'S #916 — Verb — bareo — bar-eh'-o )

akin to A, No. 1, is used of the effect of drowsiness, "were heavy,"  Matthew 26:43;  Mark 14:40;  Luke 9:32; of the effects of gluttony,  Luke 21:34 ("overcharged"); of the believer's present physical state in the body,   2 Corinthians 5:4; of persecution,  2 Corinthians 1:8; of a charge upon material resources,  1 Timothy 5:16 (Rv). See Charge , Heavy Press.

'''B — 2: ἐπιβαρέω (Strong'S #1912 — Verb — epibareo — ep-ee-bar-eh'-o )

epi, "upon" (intensive), "to burden heavily," is said of material Rv, "burden," Av, "be chargeable to;" of the effect of spiritual admonition and discipline,  2 Corinthians 2:5 , Rv, "press heavily," Av, "overcharge." See Chargeable , Press.

'''B — 3: καταβαρέω (Strong'S #2599 — Verb — katabareo — kat-ab-ar-eh'-o )

"to weigh down" (kata, "down"), "overload," is used of material charges, in  2 Corinthians 12:16 .

'''B — 4: καταναρκάω (Strong'S #2655 — Verb — katanarkao — kat-an-ar-kah'-o )

"to be a burden, to be burdensome," primarily signifies "to be numbed or torpid, to grow stiff" (narke is the "torpedo or cramp fish," which benumbs anyone who touches it); hence, "to be idle to the detriment of another person" (like a useless limb),  2 Corinthians 11:9;  12:13,14 . See Chargeable.

 2 Corinthians 8:13Affliction

'''C — 1: ἀβαρής (Strong'S #4 — Adjective — abares — ab-ar-ace' )

"without weight" (a, negative, and baros, "see" A, No. 1), is used in  2 Corinthians 11:9 , lit. "I kept myself burdensomeless."