Definition

compare G899 (βάθος)); weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority

Etymology

probably from the same as G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of going down;

Where the KJV renders it

• burden(-some)
• weight

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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