Quick Definition
ἐπιβαρέω v. I burden
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 916; to be heavy upon, i.e. (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively, to be severe towards
KJV Usage: be chargeable to, overcharge
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-βαρέω, -@; 1 aor. inf. ἐπιβαρῆσαι : to put a burden upon, to load, [ οἵ. ἐπί, 1). 3]; trop. to be burdensome ; so in the N. T.: τινά, 1 Th.ii.9; 2 Th. iii. 8; absol. iva μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ ‘that I press not too heavily’ i. 6. lest I give pain by too severe language, 2 Co. ii.5. (Dion. Hal., Appian.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιβαρέω epibareō 3x
to burden; met. to be burdensome, chargeable to, 1 Thess. 2:9; 2 Thess. 3:8; to bear hard upon, overcharge, 2 Cor. 2:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐπι-βαρέω, -ῶ to put a burden on, be burdensome: fig., absol., II Co 2:5; c. acc pers., I Th 2:9, II Th 3:8 (cf. M, Th., I, 2:9).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιβαρέω. The use of this verb in 1 Th 2°, 2 Th 35, is well illustrated in Sy// 37.115 (time of Nero) where a certain physician is said to have behaved —ds μηδένα ὑφ᾽ αὑτοῦ παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τοῦ καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν μεγέθους ἐπιβεβαρῆσθαι : cf. P Oxy XII. 1481” (early ii/A.D.) where a soldier writing to his mother adds as a postcript μὴ ἐπιβαροῦ πέμπειν τι ἡμῖν, “do not burden yourself to send meanything.”’ Add Michel 394 (mid. i/B.C.) εἰς tlapd]racw καθ[ίστησιν] ὅσον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ τοὺς ἐπιβαροῦντας, καὶ τοῖς ἀδίκως ἐπι[βαρη]θ[εἴ]σι δικαίαν παρέχεται βοήθειαν, and see further s.v. βαρέω. > , ἐπιβλέπω
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιβαρέω (epibareō) — to burden. ἐπιβαρ-έω, weigh down: hence, be a burden to, [Refs]; overload, of food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with dative, press heavily upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, lay a burden on oneself, trouble oneself, c.infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — passive, with future middle [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Te nos).
2. passive, of a bandage, to be found irksome, [Refs]