Acts 15:28:13Acts.15.28.W13TAB
βάρος
baros
“burden”
- Transliteration
- BA-ros
- Extended
- BAH-rohs
- IPA
- /ˈba.ros/
Meaning by language
- English
- burden
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BA-ros
- sentence
E-dok-sen gar tô PNEU-ma-ti tô ha-GI-ō KAI hê-MEEN mê-THEN PLE-on e-pi-TI-the-sthai hy-MEEN BA-ros PLÊN TOU-tōn tôn e-PA-nan-ges
Exegesis
Its dative object humin {ὑμῖν | hu-mîn} marks the recipients, while baros {βάρος | bá-ros} receives the action, modified by mēden pleon {μηδὲν πλέον | mē-dén plé-on} “nothing more,” underlining the limitation.
Root and etymology
barosbeta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma
“weight, heaviness”
In context — Acts 15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden than these necessary things .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 15:28, so the Greek word βάρος (baros) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.15.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.28.W13.S1) and character.