A — 1: βάρος
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(Strong's #922 — — baros — bar'-os )

denotes "a weight, anything pressing on one physically," Matthew 20:12 , or "that makes a demand on one's resources," whether material, 1—Thessalonians 2:6 (to be burdensome), or spiritual, Galatians 6:2; Revelation 2:24 , or religious, Acts 15:28 . In one place it metaphorically describes the future state of believers as "an eternal weight of glory," 2—Corinthians 4:17 . See WEIGHT.

A — 2: φορτίον
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(Strong's #5413 — Noun Neuter — phortion — for-tee'-on )

lit., "something carried" (from phero, "to bear"), is always used metaphorically (except in Acts 27:10 , of the lading of a ship); of that which, though "light," is involved in discipleship of Christ, Matthew 11:30; of tasks imposed by the scribes, Pharisees and lawyers, Matthew 23:4; Luke 11:46; of that which will be the result, at the judgment-seat of Christ, of each believer's work, Galatians 6:5 .

Galatians 6:2Galatians 6:5
A — 3: γόμος
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(Strong's #1117 — Noun Masculine — gomos — gom'-os )

from a root gem---, signifying "full, or heavy," seen in gemo, "to be full," gemizo, "to fill," Lat. gemo, "to groan," denotes "the lading of freight of a ship," Acts 21:3 , or "merchandise conveyed in a ship," and so "merchandise in general," Revelation 18:11,12 . See MERCHANDISE.

B — 1: βαρέω
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(Strong's #916 — Verb — bareo — bar-eh'-o )

akin to A, No. 1, is used of the effect of drowsiness, "were heavy," Matthew 26:43; Mark 14:40; Luke 9:32; of the effects of gluttony, Luke 21:34 ("overcharged"); of the believer's present physical state in the body, 2—Corinthians 5:4; of persecution, 2—Corinthians 1:8; of a charge upon material resources, 1—Timothy 5:16 (RV). See CHARGE , HEAVY PRESS.

B — 2: ἐπιβαρέω
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(Strong's #1912 — Verb — epibareo — ep-ee-bar-eh'-o )

epi, "upon" (intensive), "to burden heavily," is said of material RV, "burden," AV, "be chargeable to;" of the effect of spiritual admonition and discipline, 2—Corinthians 2:5 , RV, "press heavily," AV, "overcharge." See CHARGEABLE , PRESS.

B — 3: καταβαρέω
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(Strong's #2599 — Verb — katabareo — kat-ab-ar-eh'-o )

"to weigh down" (kata, "down"), "overload," is used of material charges, in 2—Corinthians 12:16 .

B — 4: καταναρκάω
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(Strong's #2655 — Verb — katanarkao — kat-an-ar-kah'-o )

"to be a burden, to be burdensome," primarily signifies "to be numbed or torpid, to grow stiff" (narke is the "torpedo or cramp fish," which benumbs anyone who touches it); hence, "to be idle to the detriment of another person" (like a useless limb), 2—Corinthians 11:9; 12:13,14 . See CHARGEABLE.

2—Corinthians 8:13AFFLICTION
C — 1: ἀβαρής
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(Strong's #4 — Adjective — abares — ab-ar-ace' )

"without weight" (a, negative, and baros, "see" A, No. 1), is used in 2—Corinthians 11:9 , lit. "I kept myself burdensomeless."