Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier
[ A-1,Verb,G916, bareo ]to weigh down," is so rendered in 2 Corinthians 1:8, RV; See BURDEN, B, No. 1.
[ A-2,Verb,G2476, histemi ]
"to cause to stand," is used in Matthew 26:15, RV, "they weighed (unto)" (of pieces of silver), AV, metaphorically, "covenanted (with)."
[ B-1,Noun,G922, baros ]
akin to A, is rendered "weight" in 2 Corinthians 4:17. See BURDEN, A, No. 1.
[ B-2,Noun,G3591, onkos ]
denotes "a bulk or mass;" hence, metaphorically, "an encumbrance, weight," Hebrews 12:1.
[ C-1,Adjective,G926, barus ]
"heavy" (akin to A and B, No. 1), is rendered "weighty" in 2 Corinthians 10:10, of Paul's letters. The comparative degree is used in the neuter plural in Matthew 23:23, "(the) weightier matters (of the Law)." See GRIEVOUS, HEAVY.