- ἐπιβαρέω
- ἐπιβαρέω 1 aor. ἐπεβάρησα to be a burden to, weigh down, burden (Dionys. Hal. 4, 9; 8, 73; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 15 §60; 4, 31 §133; Cyr. Ins. 8f; SIG 807, 16 [c. 54 A.D.]; POxy 1481, 12 [II A.D.]; POslo 60, 8) τινά someone πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπιβαρῆσαί τινα ὑμῶν that I might not be a burden to any of you 1 Th 2:9; 2 Th 3:8 (cp. 2 Cor 11:9 and s. ἀβαρής, καταβαρέω; Paul emulates civic-minded pers. who did not wish the public to be burdened, s. SIG citation above; cp. IGR III, 739, 30, 57f of the billionaire Opramoas μηδὲ ἐν τούτῳ βουλόμενος βαρεῖν τὸ ἔθνος ‘not wishing in this matter to burden the people’). ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ 2 Cor 2:5 seems to have the mng. ‘in order not to heap up too great a burden of words’= in order not to say too much (Heinrici, Schmiedel, Ltzm., H-DWendland), although there are no exx. of it in this mng. Other possibilities are exaggerate, be too severe with. On the rhetorical aspect s. CClassen, WienerStud 107/108, ’94/95, 333.—DELG s.v. βαρύς. M-M.
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