βαρύς

βαρύς — barýs

βαρύς, βαρεῖα, βαρύ, heavy;

1. properly, i. e. heavy in weight: φορτίον, Mat 23:4 (in 11:30 we have the opposite, ἐλαφρόν).

2. metaphorically,

a. burdensome: ἐντολή, the keeping of which is grievous, 1Jn 5:3.

b. severe, stern: ἐπιστολή, 2Co 10:10 (others, imposing, impressive, cf. Wetstein at the passage).

c. weighty, i. e. of great moment: τά βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου the weightier precepts of the law, Mat 23:23; αἰτιάματα (better αἰτιώματα (which see)), Act 25:7.

d. violent, cruel, unsparing (A. V. grievous): λύκοι, Act 20:29 (so also Homer, Iliad 1:89; Xenophon, Ages. 11, 12).