UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἀβαρής; -ές

Constructions: ἀβαρής; ἀ-; βάρος

Sense 1: not being financially burdensome

Semantic entry: 57.225

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Be a Financial Burden

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀβαρής ‘to be light in weight,’ not occurring in the NT) pertaining to not being financially burdensome to anyone

Show passage in OET: CO2 11:9

OET-RV CO2 11:9

9 and when I was with you and needed something, I wasn’t a burden to anyone, because the believers who came from Makedonia supplied what I needed. Thus I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will keep doing so.

OET-LV CO2 11:9

9 and being _present with you _all and having _been _deficient, not I _burdened of _no _one, because/for the need of _me replenishing the brothers having _come from Makedonia, and in everything unburdensome myself to _you _all I _kept and I _will _be _keeping.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀβαρής

Form 1

Sense 1: not being financially burdensome