βαστάζω bastazō

Greek word for “to carry” · Strong’s G941 · used 27 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

βαστάζω; 1. to take up with the hands, to lift: λίθους.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for bastazō in context, with how often each is used:

• carrying 3
• bear 3
• carry 2
• having borne 2
• bearing 2
• being carried 2
• will bear 2
• bore 1
• do carry 1
• carries 1
• took up 1
• pilfering 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Galatians 6 (3), Revelation 2 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 20 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 14 (1)

Forms

• βαστάσαι 4
• βαστάζων 3
• βαστάζετε 2
• βαστάζειν 2
• ἐβάστασας 2
• βαστάσει 2
• ἐβάστασεν 1
• βαστάσασιν 1
• βαστάζοντες 1
• βαστάσασά 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bastazō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κεράμιον keramion “clay jar” 2
• βάρος baros “burden” 2
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 3
• ὑπόδημα hupodēma “sandal” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 4
• εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō “to enter” 2
• κόπος kopos “labor” 2
• κοιλία koilia “belly/womb/stomach” 2
• σταυρός stauros “cross” 2
• γυνή gunē “woman” 3
• ὑπομονή hupomonē “perseverance” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 3

Key verses

The verses using bastazō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:11 — 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…
• Matthew 20:12 — Saying, 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.
• Luke 7:14 — And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
• John 12:6 — 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.
• John 19:17 — And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
• Acts 3:2 — 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…
• Acts 9:15 — 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:
• Romans 15:1 — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• Galatians 5:10 — 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.
• Galatians 6:2 — Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
• Revelation 2:2 — 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…
• Revelation 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.