Quick Definition
καταβαρέω v. I burden, oppress
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 916; to impose upon
KJV Usage: burden
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βαρέω
22.26 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Cause Trouble, Hardship
to overburden, to cause undue hardship to overburden someone by causing undue hardship The meaning of ‘to cause undue hardship’ or ‘to overburden someone’ may be expressed in some languages as ‘to cause more trouble to someone than that person should have’ or ‘to cause more suffering than what is right.’
verb | βαρύνω (burden) · βαρέω
23.69 · (καταβαρύνομαι) · Physiological Processes and States · Sleep, Waking
Collocation: ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καταβαρυνόμενοι
to have become very sleepy, to be very sleepy (an idiom, literally: their eyes were weighed down) to become excessively or exceedingly sleepy In some languages the equivalent of ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι (or καταβαρυνόμενοι) would be ‘they could no longer keep their eyes open’ or ‘they could not drive sleep away.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-βαρέω, -@: 1 aor. κατεβάρησα; prop. to press down by an imposed weight; to weigh down; metaph. to burden: τινά, any one, 2 Co. xii. 16. (Polyb., Diod., App., Lcian.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταβαρέω katabareō 1x
pr. to weigh down, met. to burden, be burdensome to, 2 Cor. 12:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κατα-βαρέω, -ῶ, to weigh down: metaph., c. acc. pers., II Co 12:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταβαρέω. P Oxy IIT. 48729 (A.D. 156) ἐμοῦ τε καταβαρηθέϊν]τος ἐν ταῖς λιτουργίαις, “since I am weighed down by my official duties” (Edd.), shows this Pauline word (2 Cor 1218) in a |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταβαρέω (katabareō) — to burden. καταβᾰρ-έω, weigh down, overload, variant for{καταπονέω} in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, impose a burden on, τινας [NT+1st c.AD+]; τῶν -βαρούντων τὸ σῶμα καμάτων Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be overborne, crushed, καταβαρεῖσθαι τῇ μάχῃ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, to be outweighed, ὑπὸ τοῦ συμφέροντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]