noun
batos
Greekβάτος (batos)
Strong’sG942
a thorn bush; a bath (liquid measure)
stem bat-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 20 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βάτος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX (always masc, as in Attic): Ex 3:2-4, De 33:16 (סְנֶה), Jb 31:40 (בָּאְשָׁה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G942 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbat'-os
a brier shrub
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesbramble, bush.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | feminine singular | masculine singular | feminine plural | masculine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | batas | batos | batais | batois |
| object accusative | batan | baton | batain | batoin1×βάτους |
| direct address vocative | batar | bator | batair | batoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | batau3×βάτου | batou1×βάτου | bataiu | batoiu |
| to, for dative | bata1×βάτῳ | bato | batai | batoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
bat is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
batau“bush”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Luke 6:44“bramble bush”hekastem gar dendrem ek tou idiou karpou gnōskitō; ouk gar ek akanthaiu sullegalō sukeim, oude ek batau stafulan trugalō.For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
Luke 20:37“bush”hoti de egeirilō tois nekrois kai Mōusos mēnuata epi tau batau, hōs legatō kurion ton theon Abraam kai theon Isaak kai theon Iakōb;Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
Acts 7:30“bush”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
bata“bush”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 7:35“bush”Houton ton Mōuson, hon arnela legaratois; Tinos sin kathistanata archōnon kai dikaston, houton tos theos kai archōnon kai lutrōton apostelatē sun cheira angelou tou horiratou auto en ta bata.This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
batou“bush”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 12:26“bush”peri de toiu nekroiu hoti egeirilō ouk anaginōskava en ta bibla Mōusou epi tou batou pōs legata auto tos theos legarōtos; Mis tos theos Abraam kai tos theos Isaak kai tos theos Iakōb?But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
batoin“measures”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 16:6“measures”tos de legata; Hekaton batoin elaieu; tos de legata auto; Dechesar su teim grammeim kai kathizaratos tacheōs grafasar pentēkonta.‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’