ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ, καταβαρυνοντες
KATABARYNONTES, katabarynontes
Sounds Like: kah-tah-bah-ROO-non-tes
Translations: weighing down, burdening, oppressing, making heavy
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb βαρύνω (barunō), meaning 'to weigh down' or 'to burden'. As a whole, it means to weigh down, burden, or oppress someone or something. It can be used to describe a physical burden or a spiritual/emotional one, such as being weighed down by sins or troubles. In this form, it functions as a participle, describing an ongoing action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2604 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΗΤΑΙ — to be weighed down, to be burdened, to be overcome
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΘΩΜΕΝ — weighed down, burdened, oppressed, overcome
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΙ — weighed down, heavy, overcome, burdened
- ΚΑΤΑΒΑΡΥΝΩ — to weigh down, to burden, to oppress, to make heavy
- ΚΑΤΕΒΑΡΥΝΕΤΟ — was weighed down, was burdened, was heavy, was oppressed
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