Strong G941βαστάζω
to carry
- Transliteration
- bastazō
- Pronunciation
- bas-tad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Perhaps remotely derived from the base of G939 (through the idea of removal); to lift literally or figuratively (endure declare 6
sustain receive etc.): - bear carry take up.
sustain receive etc.): - bear carry take up.
Detailed definition
βαστάζω,
[in LXX: Jdg.16:30 (נטה), Rut.2:16, 2Ki.23:5, 4Ki.18:14 and Job.21:3 (נשׂא), Sir.6:25, Da TH Bel 36 *;]
1. to take up with the hands, to lift: λίθους, Jhn.10:31.
2. to bear, to carry, as a burden, and metaphorically, to endure; Mat.3:11 20:12, Mrk.14:13, Luk.7:14 10:7 11:27 14:27 22:10, Jhn.16:12 19:17, Act.3:2 9:15 15:1 21:35, Rom.11:18 15:1, Gal.5:10 6:2, 5 17, Rev.2:2, 3 17:7.
3. In late writers (MM, Exp., ii, iii, x),
__(a) to take away; Mat.8:17 (Isa.53:4, Heb.);
__(b) to carry off, steal: Jhn.12:6 20:15.
† (AS)
[in LXX: Jdg.16:30 (נטה), Rut.2:16, 2Ki.23:5, 4Ki.18:14 and Job.21:3 (נשׂא), Sir.6:25, Da TH Bel 36 *;]
1. to take up with the hands, to lift: λίθους, Jhn.10:31.
2. to bear, to carry, as a burden, and metaphorically, to endure; Mat.3:11 20:12, Mrk.14:13, Luk.7:14 10:7 11:27 14:27 22:10, Jhn.16:12 19:17, Act.3:2 9:15 15:1 21:35, Rom.11:18 15:1, Gal.5:10 6:2, 5 17, Rev.2:2, 3 17:7.
3. In late writers (MM, Exp., ii, iii, x),
__(a) to take away; Mat.8:17 (Isa.53:4, Heb.);
__(b) to carry off, steal: Jhn.12:6 20:15.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G941 appears in 27 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bear17
- bare4
- carry2
- bearest1
- borne1
- carrieth1
- doth1
- hence1
- take1
First verses
- Matthew 3:11I 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 with fire:
- Matthew 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
- Matthew 20:12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
- Mark 14:13And 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.
- Luke 7:14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
- Luke 10:4Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
- Luke 11:27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
- Luke 14:27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 22:10And 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.
- John 10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
- John 12:6This 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.
- John 16:12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- John 19:17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
- John 20:15Jesus 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.
- Acts 3:2And 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;
- Acts 9:15But 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:
- Acts 15:10Now 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?
- Acts 21:35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
- Romans 11:18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
- Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βαστάζω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594, etc.)]: future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 920)]; late -άξω [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.45, etc.)]: aorist ἐβάστασα [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.405, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 437 (Lyric poetry), etc.; late ἐβάσταξα “PFay.” 122, LXX.Sir.6.25, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.8.7, epigram cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.52)]:—passive, future βασταχθήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.42:)]aorist ἐβαστάχθην[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Nic.Dam. p.114D., 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.693e)]: aorist 2 βασταγῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.68:)]perfect βεβάσταγμαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 14)]:—lift up, raise, λᾶαν βαστάζοντα.. ἀμφοτέρῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594; ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε 21.405; πεπτῶτα β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 827, etc.)]; lift a veil, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1470)]:—passive, of sluice-gates, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 81.6 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 metaphorically, lift up, exalt, ennoble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.19; β. τινὰ χαρίτεσσιν [prev. author] “I.” 3.8.)]
II bear, carry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, etc.; χερσὶν β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1129, compare 1216; δόρυ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 46.2 (_anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.78; ὅπλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 107.)]
II.2 hold in one's hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 905; χεροῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 657, compare 1127 (Lyric poetry))]; of books, συνεχῶς β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.35U.)]:—in passive, to be popular, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413b12.)]
II.3 β. ἐν γνώμῃ bear in mind, consider, weigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 888; φρενί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 437 (Lyric poetry))]; β. προβούλευμα deliberate on.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 73; βαστάσας αἱρήσομαι)]on consideration, [Refs ([prev. author] 303.)]
II.4 bear, endure, οὐκέτι βαστάζω τὴν σεῖο διαζυγίην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.8 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.5 produce, yield, of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 6 iii 8 (2nd c.AD).)]
III carry off, take away, [NT (NT.John.20.15)]; steal, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 32.15.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.19.9, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 16, “PTeb.” 330.7 (2nd c.AD), perhaps also in NT.John.12.6, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.46f (_passive_).)]
III.2 in passive, to be sublimated,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.198 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
IV in Trag., touch, χέρα ἄνακτος.. τῇδε β. χερί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 35)]; embrace, σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1105.)]—Not in Attic dialect Prose: passive first in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594, etc.)]: future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 920)]; late -άξω [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.45, etc.)]: aorist ἐβάστασα [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.405, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 437 (Lyric poetry), etc.; late ἐβάσταξα “PFay.” 122, LXX.Sir.6.25, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.8.7, epigram cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.52)]:—passive, future βασταχθήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.42:)]aorist ἐβαστάχθην[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Nic.Dam. p.114D., 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.693e)]: aorist 2 βασταγῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.68:)]perfect βεβάσταγμαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 14)]:—lift up, raise, λᾶαν βαστάζοντα.. ἀμφοτέρῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594; ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε 21.405; πεπτῶτα β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 827, etc.)]; lift a veil, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1470)]:—passive, of sluice-gates, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 81.6 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 metaphorically, lift up, exalt, ennoble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.19; β. τινὰ χαρίτεσσιν [prev. author] “I.” 3.8.)]
II bear, carry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, etc.; χερσὶν β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1129, compare 1216; δόρυ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 46.2 (_anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.78; ὅπλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 107.)]
II.2 hold in one's hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 905; χεροῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 657, compare 1127 (Lyric poetry))]; of books, συνεχῶς β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.35U.)]:—in passive, to be popular, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413b12.)]
II.3 β. ἐν γνώμῃ bear in mind, consider, weigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 888; φρενί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 437 (Lyric poetry))]; β. προβούλευμα deliberate on.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 73; βαστάσας αἱρήσομαι)]on consideration, [Refs ([prev. author] 303.)]
II.4 bear, endure, οὐκέτι βαστάζω τὴν σεῖο διαζυγίην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.8 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.5 produce, yield, of land, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 6 iii 8 (2nd c.AD).)]
III carry off, take away, [NT (NT.John.20.15)]; steal, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 32.15.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.19.9, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 16, “PTeb.” 330.7 (2nd c.AD), perhaps also in NT.John.12.6, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.46f (_passive_).)]
III.2 in passive, to be sublimated,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.198 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
IV in Trag., touch, χέρα ἄνακτος.. τῇδε β. χερί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 35)]; embrace, σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1105.)]—Not in Attic dialect Prose: passive first in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus)]