epibareo describes placing a burden on others, especially one avoided through personal labor or restraint.

Across the supplied verses, the term denotes imposing a burden on others: twice it is avoided by working rather than receiving support, and once it is avoided in speaking of grief affecting a whole group.

1. Imposing a burden on others · dominant

   In 1 Thessalonians 2:9 and 2 Thessalonians 3:8, the aorist active infinitive occurs with working night and day and not taking bread without payment; the APB renders the purpose as not to “burden any of you.” In 2 Corinthians 2:5, the present active subjunctive occurs in a statement limiting grief's effect on all the recipients; the APB renders it “so that I may not burden all of you.”

   1 Thessalonians 2:92 Corinthians 2:52 Thessalonians 3:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “burden” in all three verses, twice in the context of labor and payment and once in limiting grief's effect. This rendering confirms the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolating each token precisely.