What does βαρύς (barýs) mean in the Bible?
βαρύς (barýs): Metaphorical sense: describes burdensome demands, severe character, or weighty importance rather than literal weight.
Greek · G926
βαρύς
Weighty
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βαρύς G926
Pronunciation barýs
What does βαρύς (barýs) mean in the Bible?
βαρύς (barýs): Metaphorical sense: describes burdensome demands, severe character, or weighty importance rather than literal weight.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G926?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [are] weighty (1), burdensome (1), heavy (1), savage (1), serious (1).
Where does βαρύς (barýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Matthew (2), 1 John (1), 2 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [are] weighty 1× 2 Corinthians 10:10
burdensome 1× 1 John 5:3
heavy 1× Matthew 23:4
savage 1× Acts 20:29
serious 1× Acts 25:7
weightier [matters] 1× Matthew 23:23
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:4 βαρέα to heavy Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 23:23 βαρύτερα to weightier [matters] Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative Acts 20:29 βαρεῖς to savage Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 25:7 βαρέα to serious Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2 Corinthians 10:10 Βαρεῖαι to [are] weighty Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 1 John 5:3 βαρεῖαι to burdensome Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:4
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Acts 2 2 Corinthians 1 1 John 1
Source forms
βαρέα 2x barea Matthew 23:4, Acts 25:7
βαρεῖαι 1x bareiai 1 John 5:3
Βαρεῖαι 1x Bareiai 2 Corinthians 10:10
βαρεῖς 1x bareis Acts 20:29
βαρύτερα 1x barytera Matthew 23:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 23:4, Acts 25:7
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x 2 Corinthians 10:10, 1 John 5:3
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative 1x Matthew 23:23
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 20:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Metaphorical sense: describes burdensome demands, severe character, or weighty importance rather than literal weight.
Strong's G926
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 John 5:1-5 Source Gloss
weighty
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Metaphorical sense: describes burdensome demands, severe character, or weighty importance rather than literal weight.
heavy: Mat.23:4. Metaphorical, burdensome: ἐντολή, 1Jn.5:3; severe (perh. impressive): ἐπιστολή, 2Co.10:10; weighty: τὰ βαρύτερα τ. νόμου, Mat.23:23; αἰτιώματα, Act.25:7; violent, cruel (EV, grievous): λύκος, Act.20:29.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
βαρέα barea
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verse Matthew 23:23 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
βαρύτερα barutera
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verse Acts 20:29 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
βαρεῖς bareiv
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verse Acts 25:7 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
βαρέα barea
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verse 2 Corinthians 10:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
βαρεῖαι bareiai
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verse 1 John 5:3 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
βαρεῖαι bareiai
heavy, weighty, burdensome
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 10:10 · 1 John 5:3 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 20:29 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 23:4 · Acts 25:7 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 23:23 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Difficult to bear.
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
βαρύς is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Regeneration reshapes obedience from oppressive duty to joyful response. 1 John 5:1-5
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain