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Greek verb · G941

βαστάζω

bastazobas-tad'-zo

to take up; to bear, to carry; In late writers (MM

27 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bastázō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G941is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 18
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G941

to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)

The King James renders it: bear, carry, take up.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

bastazo is rendered "to take up; to bear, to carry; In late writers (MM". It stands 27 times in the Greek text, across eight books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to take up".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  • The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.

The first use

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Matthew 3:11βαστάσαι

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eight of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 19 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to take up, and to bear, to carry, and In late writers (MM.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to take upwith the hands, to liftTagged as
  • having borne2
  • to bear2
  • bear1
  • being carried1
  • carried off1
  • carries1
  • do bear you1
  • do carry1

and 6 more, 16 uses in all

WhereJohn 10:31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
to bear, to carryas a burden, and metaphorically, to endureTagged as
  • bearing2
  • carrying2
  • to carry2
  • support1
  • to bear them1
  • was being carried1
WhereMatthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I…
In late writers (MMTagged as
  • bore1
  • he was pilfering1
WhereIsaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 27, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

18 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • βαστάσαι4
  • βαστάζων3
  • βαστάζειν2
  • βαστάζετε2
  • βαστάσει2
  • ἐβάστασας2
  • βαστάζει1
  • βαστάζεις1
  • βαστάζεσθαι1
  • βαστάζοντες1
  • βαστάζοντος1
  • βαστάζω.¶1

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular2V-AAI-2S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural2V-PAM-2P
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-DPM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
  • verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
  • verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IPI-3S

Matthew

three uses
  • I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

    Matthew 3:11

    • βαστάσαιbastasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to carry
  • This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

    Matthew 8:17

    • ἐβάστασεν.¶ebastasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: bore
  • ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

    Matthew 20:12

    • βαστάσασινbastasasinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having borne

Mark

one use
  • So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

    Mark 14:13

    • βαστάζωνbastazonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: carrying

Luke

five uses
  • Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

    Luke 7:14

    • βαστάζοντεςbastazontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: bearing
  • Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

    Luke 10:4

    • βαστάζετεbastazeteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do carry
  • As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

    Luke 11:27

    • βαστάσασάbastasasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having borne
  • And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

    Luke 14:27

    • βαστάζειbastazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: carries
  • He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

    Luke 22:10

    • βαστάζωνbastazonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: carrying

John

five uses
  • At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

    John 10:31

    • Ἐβάστασανebastasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Took up
  • Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

    John 12:6

    • ἐβάσταζεν.¶ebastazenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was pilfering
  • I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

    John 16:12

    • βαστάζεινbastazeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear them
  • Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

    John 19:17

    • βαστάζωνbastazonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: bearing
  • “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

    John 20:15

    • ἐβάστασαςebastasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: carried off

Acts

four uses
  • And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

    Acts 3:2

    • ἐβαστάζετοebastazetoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was being carried
  • “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    Acts 9:15

    • βαστάσαιbastasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to carry
  • Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

    Acts 15:10

    • βαστάσαιbastasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear
  • When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

    Acts 21:35

    • βαστάζεσθαιbastazesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: being carried

Romans

two uses
  • do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

    Romans 11:18

    • βαστάζειςbastazeisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: support
  • We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

    Romans 15:1

    • βαστάζεινbastazeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bear

Galatians

four uses
  • I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

    Galatians 5:10

    • βαστάσειbastaseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will bear
  • Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

    Galatians 6:2

    • βαστάζετεbastazeteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do bear you
  • For each one should carry his own load.

    Galatians 6:5

    • βαστάσειbastaseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will bear
  • From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

    Galatians 6:17

    • βαστάζω.¶bastazoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: bear

Revelation

three uses
  • I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

    Revelation 2:2

    • βαστάσαιbastasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to tolerate
  • Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

    Revelation 2:3

    • ἐβάστασαςebastasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: endured
  • “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

    Revelation 17:7

    • βαστάζοντοςbastazontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: is carrying

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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