Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #16288

SR GNT Mat 23:23 βαρύτερα (barutera) ‘and you_all left the heavier of the law justice’ Strongs=9265 Lemma=baruteros^*
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=33 AD Referred to from Word #16301

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Only use of identical word form βαρύτερα (A-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βαρύτερα’ (A-ANP) is always and only glossed as ‘heavier’.

Mat 23:23 ‘and you_all left the heavier of the law justice’ SR GNT Mat 23:23 word 20

OET-LV: 23 Woe to _you _all, scribes and Farisaios_party, hypocrites. Because you _all _are _tithing the mint and the dill and the cummin, and you _all _left the heavier of _the law: the justice and the mercy and the faith. But it _was _fitting to _do these things, and _those not to _leave. (MAT_23:23)

OET-RV: 23 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end because you give a tenth of your herbs but you ignore the weightier parts of God’s commands like justice and mercy and faith. Those are the things that should have been observed and not left out. (MAT 23:23)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘baruteros’ in the Greek originals.

Key: A=adjective ANP=accusative,neuter,plural