Strong's Lexicon
G941 — βαστάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G941 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βαστάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | perhaps remotely derived from the base of G939 (through the idea of removal) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 27 |
| Transliteration: | bastazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bas-tad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to lift 2. (figuratively) endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc. {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | bear, carry, take up |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βαστάζω; future βαστάσω; 1 aorist ἐβάστασα;
1. to take up with the hands: λίθους, Joh 10:31 (λααν, Homer, Odyssey 11, 594; τήν μάχαιραν ἀπό τῆς γῆς, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 11, 7).
2. to take up in order to carry or bear; to put upon oneself (something) to be carried; to bear what is burdensome: τόν σταυρόν, Joh 19:17; Luk 14:27 (see σταυρός 2 a. and b.); Metaphorically: βαστάζειν τί, to be equal to understanding a matter and receiving it calmly, Joh 16:12 (Epictetus ench. 29, 5); φορτίον, Gal 6:5; βαστάσει τό κρίμα, must take upon himself the condemnation of the judge, Gal 5:10 (מִשְׁפָּט ðÈùÈÒà, Mic 7:9). Hence, to bear, endure: Mat 20:12; Act 15:10 (ζυγόν); Rom 15:1; Gal 6:2; Rev 2:2 f (Epictetus diss. 1, 3, 2; Anthol. 5, 9, 3; in this sense the Greeks more commonly use φέρειν.)
3. simply to bear, carry: Mat 3:11; Mar 14:13; Luk 7:14; Luk 22:10; Rev 17:7; passive, Act 3:2; Act 21:35. τό ὄνομα μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν, so to bear it that it may be in the presence of Gentiles, i. e. by preaching to carry the knowledge of my name to the Gentiles, Act 9:15. to carry on one’s person: Luk 10:4; Gal 6:17 (cf. Ellicott at the passage); of the womb carrying the foetus, Luk 11:27; to sustain, i. e., uphold, support: Rom 11:18.
4. by a use unknown to Attic writers, to bear away, carry off: νόσους, to take away or remove by curing them, Mat 8:17 (Galen de compos. medicam. per Gen 2:1-25; Gen 14:1-24 (339, Bas. edition) ψωρας τέ θεραπεύει καί ὑπώπια βαστάζει) (others refer the use in Matthew, the passage cited to 2; cf. Meyer). Joh 12:6 (ἐβασταζε used to pilfer (R. V. text took away; cf. our ’shoplifting’, though path. this lift is a different word, see Skeat, under the word)); Joh 20:15 (Polybius 1, 48, 2 ὁ ἄνεμος τούς πύργους τῇ βία βαστάζει, Apollod. Bibl. 2, 6, 2; 3, 4, 3; Athen. 2, 26, p. 46 f.; 15, 48, p. 693{e}; very many instances from Josephus are given by Krebs, Observations, p. 152ff). (Synonyms: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
βαστάζω (bear)
Matthew 3:11
- KJV: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire
- GK: εγώ μεν βαπτίζω υμάς εν ύδατι εις μετάνοιαν ο δε οπίσω μου ερχόμενος ισχυρότερός μου εστίν ου ουκ ειμί ικανός τα υποδήματα βαστάσαι αυτός υμάς βαπτίσει εν πνεύματι αγίω και πυρί
Matthew 8:17
- KJV: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying Himself took our infirmities and bare sicknesses
- GK: όπως πληρωθή το ρηθέν διά Ησαϊου του προφήτου λέγοντος αυτός τας ασθενείας ημών έλαβε και τας νόσους εβάστασεν
Matthew 20:12
- KJV: Saying These last have wrought one hour and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day
- GK: λέγοντες ότι ούτοι οι έσχατοι μίαν ώραν εποίησαν και ίσους ημίν αυτούς εποίησας τοις βαστάσασι το βάρος της ημέρας και τον καύσωνα
Mark 14:13
- KJV: And he sendeth forth two of his disciples and saith unto them Go ye into the city and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water follow him
- GK: και αποστέλλει δύο των μαθητών αυτού και λέγει αυτοίς υπάγετε εις την πόλιν και απαντήσει υμίν άνθρωπος κεράμιον ύδατος βαστάζων ακολουθήσατε αυτώ
Luke 7:14
- KJV: And he came and touched the bier and they that bare stood still And he said Young man I say unto thee Arise
- GK: και προσελθών ήψατο της σορού οι δε βαστάζοντες έστησαν και είπεν νεανίσκε σοι λέγω εγέρθητι
Luke 10:4
- KJV: Carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way
- GK: μη βαστάζετε βαλάντιον μη πήραν μηδέ υποδήματα και μηδένα κατά την οδόν ασπάσησθε
Luke 11:27
- KJV: And it came to pass as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him Blessed the womb that bare thee and the paps which thou hast sucked
- GK: εγένετο δε εν τω λέγειν αυτόν ταύτα επάρασά τις γυνή φωνήν εκ του όχλου είπεν αυτώ μακαρία η κοιλία η βαστάσασά σε και μαστοί ους εθήλασας
Luke 14:27
- KJV: And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple
- GK: και όστις ου βαστάζει τον σταυρόν αυτού και έρχεται οπίσω μου ου δύναταί μου ειναί μαθητής
Luke 22:10
- KJV: And he said unto them Behold when ye are entered into the city there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water follow him into the house where he entereth in
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς ιδού εισελθόντων υμών εις την πόλιν συναντήσει υμίν άνθρωπος κεράμιον ύδατος βαστάζων ακολουθήσατε αυτώ εις την οικίαν ου εισπορεύεται
John 10:31
- KJV: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him
- GK: εβάστασαν ούν πάλιν λίθους οι Ιουδαίοι ίνα λιθάσωσιν αυτόν
John 12:6
- KJV: This he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and had the bag and bare what was put therein
- GK: είπε δε τούτο ουχ ότι περί των πτωχών έμελλεν αυτώ αλλ΄ ότι κλέπτης ην και το γλωσσόκομον είχε και τα βαλλόμενα εβάσταζεν
John 16:12
- KJV: I have yet many things to say unto you but ye cannot bear them now
- GK: έτι πολλά έχω λέγειν υμίν αλλ΄ ου δύνασθε βαστάζειν άρτι
John 19:17
- KJV: And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called of a skull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha
- GK: και βαστάζων τον σταυρόν αυτού εξήλθεν εις τον λεγόμενον κρανίου τόπον ος λέγεται Εβραϊστί Γολγοθά
John 20:15
- KJV: Jesus saith unto her Woman why weepest thou whom seekest thou She supposing him to be the gardener saith unto him Sir if thou have borne him hence tell me where thou hast laid him and I will take him away
- GK: λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς γύναι τι κλαίεις τίνα ζητείς εκείνη δοκούσα ότι ο κηπουρός εστι λέγει αυτώ κύριε ει συ εβάστασας αυτόν ειπέ μοι που έθηκας αυτόν καγώ αυτόν αρώ
Acts 3:2
- KJV: And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of them that entered into the temple
- GK: και τις ανήρ χωλός εκ κοιλίας μητρός αυτού υπάρχων εβαστάζετο ον ετίθουν καθ΄ ημέραν προς την θύραν του ιερού την λεγομένην ωραίαν του αιτείν ελεημοσύνην παρά των εισπορευομένων εις το ιερόν
Acts 9:15
- KJV: But the Lord said unto him Go thy way for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel
- GK: είπε δε προς αυτόν ο κύριος πορεύου ότι σκεύος εκλογής μοι εστίν ούτος του βαστάσαι το όνομά μου ενώπιον εθνών και βασιλέων υιών τε Ισραήλ
Acts 15:10
- KJV: Now therefore why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear
- GK: νυν ούν τι πειράζετε τον θεόν επιθείναι ζυγόν επί τον τράχηλον των μαθητών ον ούτε οι πατέρες ημών ούτε ημείς ισχύσαμεν βαστάσαι
Acts 21:35
- KJV: And when he came upon the stairs so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people
- GK: ότε δε εγένετο επί τους αναβάθμους συνέβη βαστάζεσθαι αυτόν υπό των στρατιωτών διά την βίαν του όχλου
Romans 11:18
- KJV: Boast not against the branches But if thou boast thou bearest not the root but the root thee
- GK: μη κατακαυχώ των κλάδων ει δε κατακαυχάσαι ου συ την ρίζαν βαστάζεις αλλά η ρίζα σε
Romans 15:1
- KJV: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves
- GK: οφείλομεν δε ημείς οι δυνατοί τα ασθενήματα των αδυνάτων βαστάζειν και μη εαυτοίς αρέσκειν
Galatians 5:10
- KJV: I have confidence in you through the Lord that ye will be none otherwise minded but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment whosoever he be
- GK: εγώ πέποιθα εις υμάς εν κυρίω ότι ουδέν άλλο φρονήσετε ο δε ταράσσων υμάς βαστάσει το κρίμα όστις αν η
Galatians 6:2
- KJV: Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ
- GK: αλλήλων τα βάρη βαστάζετε και ούτως αναπληρώσατε τον νόμον του χριστού
Galatians 6:5
- KJV: For every man shall bear his own burden
- GK: έκαστος γαρ το ίδιον φορτίον βαστάσει
Galatians 6:17
- KJV: From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus
- GK: του λοιπού κόπους μοι μηδείς παρεχέτω εγώ γαρ τα στίγματα του κυρίου Ιησού εν τω σώματί μου βαστάζω
Revelation 2:2
- KJV: I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear them which are evil and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not and hast found them liars
- GK: οίδα τα έργα σου και τον κόπον σου και την υπομονή σου και ότι ου δύνη βαστάσαι κακούς και επείρασας τους λέγοντας εαυτούς αποστόλους και ουκ εισί και εύρες αυτούς ψευδείς
Revelation 2:3
- KJV: And hast borne and hast patience and for my name’s sake hast laboured and hast not fainted
- GK: και εβάστασας και υπομονήν έχεις διά το όνομά μου και ουκ εκοπιασας
Revelation 17:7
- KJV: And the angel said unto me Wherefore didst thou marvel I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her which hath the seven heads and ten horns
- GK: και είπέ μοι ο άγγελος διατί εθαύμασας εγώ σοι ερώ το μυστήριον της γυναικός και του θηρίου του βαστάζοντος αυτήν του έχοντος τας επτά κεφαλάς και τα δέκα κέρατα