βαρύς, βαρεῖα, βαρύ, heavy; 1. properly, i. e. heavy in weight: φορτίον, Mat_23:4 (in 11:30 we have the opposite, ἐλαφρόν). 2. metaphorically, a. burdensome: ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 1Jn_5:3. b. severe, stern: ἐπιστολή, 2Co_10:10 (others, imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein at the passage). c. weighty, i. e. of great moment: τά βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου the weightier precepts of the law, Mat_23:23; αἰτιάματα (better αἰτιώματα (which see)), Act_25:7. d. violent, cruel, unsparing (A. V. grievous): λύκοι, Act_20:29 (so also Homer, Iliad 1:89; Xenophon, Ages. 11, 12).

βαρύς barys 6x heavy; met. burdensome, oppressive or difficult of observance, as precepts, Mat_23:4 ; 1Jn_5:3 ; weighty, important, momentous, Mat_23:23 ; Act_25:7 ; grievous, oppressive, afflictive, violent, Act_20:29 ; authoritative, strict, stern, severe, 2Co_10:10

βαρύς , -εῖα , ύ , [in LXX chiefly for H3513 ;] heavy: Mat_23:4 . Metaph ., 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 .†

βαρύς [page 104] See the first reference s.v. βάρος and cf. P Tebt I. 52 .11 ( c. B.C. 114) δι ( l. διὰ τό ) με ἐν βαρυ [τέ ]ρᾳ ἀρρωστίᾳ κ̣ι̣ͅσ̣[θαι , since I am seriously ill (Edd.). In P Goodsp Cairo 15 .15 (A.D. 362) β . = pregnant τὴν μὲν Τάησιν βαρέαν οὖσαν ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν αὐτῶν ἐξέτρωσεν ( = -αν ) τὸ βρέφος , to Taesis who was pregnant they occasioned by their violence the miscarriage of her child (Ed.) : see Archiv iii. p. 116 on the passage. For the adverb see P Lond 42 .29 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 31) ἡ μήτηρ σου τυγχάνει βαρέως ἔχουσα .

βαρύς [Etym: poet. gen. pl. fem. βαρεῶν for βαρειῶν] "heavy" in weight, opp. to κοῦφος, Hdt. , etc.: in Hom. mostly with a notion of "strength and force", χεῖρα βαρεῖαν Il. , etc.: also, "heavy with age or suffering", γήραι, νόσωι Soph. "heavy to bear, grievous", Hom. ; βαρὺ or βαρέα στενάχειν to sob "heavily", id=Hom. :—in attic, "burdensome, grievous, oppressive":— adv., βαρέως φέρειν τι to take a thing "ill", Lat. graviter ferre, Hdt. , etc.; βαρέως ἀκούειν to hear "with disgust", Xen. "violent", Theocr. , Plat. , etc. "weighty, impressive", NTest. of persons, "severe, stern", Aesch. , Soph. :—also, "wearisome, oppressive", Eur. , Dem. : in good sense, "grave, dignified", Arist. of soldiers, "heavy-armed", Xen. of impressions on the senses, of sound, "strong, deep, bass", Od. , Aesch. , Soph. of smell, "strong, offensive", Hdt. , Soph.

βαρύς, -εῖα, ύ, [in LXX chiefly for כָּבֵד ;] 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.† (AS)