STRONGS G926:
													
												
									    		βαρύς, 
-εῖα, 
-ύ, 
heavy;
1. properly, 
i. e. heavy in weight: 
φορτίον, 
Matthew 23:4 (in 
Matthew 11:30 we have the opposite, 
ἐλαφρόν).
2. metaphorically,
a. burdensome: 
ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 
1 John 5:3.
b. severe, stern: 
ἐπιστολή, 
2 Corinthians 10:10 [others, 
imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein at the passage].
c. weighty, 
i. e. of great moment: 
τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου the weightier precepts of the law, 
Matthew 23:23; 
αἰτιάματα [better 
αἰτιώματα (which see)], 
Acts 25:7.
d. violent, cruel, unsparing, 
[A. V. grievous]: 
λύκοι, 
Acts 20:29 (so also Homer, Iliad 1:89; Xenophon, Ages. 11, 12). 
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