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βάρος
báros

compare G899 (βάθος)); weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

compare G899 (βάθος)); weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

weight, heaviness; a burden, anything grievous and hard to be borne, Mt. 20:12; Acts 15:28; Gal. 6:2; Rev. 2:24; burden, charge or weight, influence, dignity, honor, 1 Thess. 2:7; with another noun in government, fulness, abundance, excellence, 2 Cor. 4:17*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

burden(-some)weight

Etymology

probably from the same as G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of going down;

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