Quick Definition
ἀβαρής, ες Adj not burdensome
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 922; weightless, i.e. (figuratively) not burdensome
KJV Usage: from being burdensome
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | ἀ- + βάρος
57.225 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Be a Financial Burden
not being financially burdensome (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀβαρής ‘to be light in weight,’ not occurring in the NT) pertaining to not being financially burdensome to anyone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀβαρής, -és, (βάρος weight), without weight, light; trop. not burdensome: ἀβαρῇ ὑμῖν ἐμαυτὸν ἐτήρησα I have avoided burdening you with expense on my account, 2 Co. xi. 9; see 1 Th. ii. 9, cf. 6. (Fr. Aristot. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀβαρής abarēs 1x
literally: weightless; figuratively: not burdensome, 2 Cor. 11:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀβαρής, -ές
(< βαρός),
without weight; metaph. (MM, VGT, s.v.) not burdensome: II Co 11:9.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀβαρής (abarēs) — not burdensome. ἀβαρής, ές, (βάρος) without weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; light, γῆ[Refs 1st c.BC+] a light matter, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. not offensive, ὀσμαί[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of persons, not burdensome, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν, παρέχειν, [NT]. adverb -ρῶς without giving offence, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; without taking offence, [Refs]