The meaning of “βάτος”
Understanding bátos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of uncertain derivation bramble, bush. - a brier shrub
βάτος
of uncertain derivation bramble, bush. - a brier shrub
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Mark 12:26 | “And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?” Word: βάτος (bátos) | |
| Luke 6:44 | “For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.” Word: βάτος (bátos) | |
| Luke 20:37 | “Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Word: βάτος (bátos) | |
| Acts 7:30 | “And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.” Word: βάτος (bátos) | |
| Acts 7:35 | “This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.” Word: βάτος (bátos) |