Definition

to be heavy upon, i.e. (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively, to be severe towards

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G916 (βαρέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• be chargeable to
• overcharge

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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