βαστάζω

Matthew 3:11 βαστάσαι· to carry;

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.

Here: 'To carry' the sandals: taking them away or bringing them when the master comes in or goes out. This was a slave's task. Mark and Luke instead have 'to untie the strap'.

Matthew 8:17 ἐβάστασεν.¶ bore.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Here: Aorist. It means to lift up and carry a load, and it can also mean to carry something away or remove it (as in John 20:15). Here the picture is that the diseases were lifted off the people and carried away.

Matthew 20:12 βαστάσασιν having borne

‘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.’

Mark 14:13 βαστάζων· carrying;

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,

Luke 7:14 βαστάζοντες bearing [it]

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

Here: "The bearers." These were men carrying the bier on their shoulders, often taking turns. The present tense shows the procession was in motion when Jesus touched it.

Luke 10:4 βαστάζετε do carry

Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

Here: A present-tense command: 'don't be carrying' as a standing rule for the whole trip, not a one-time instruction. The verb means to carry something on your person, which matters for the debate over whether 'sandals' means a spare pair carried along.

Luke 11:27 βαστάσασά having borne

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!”

Here: 'That carried.' It means carrying him through pregnancy. The word is concrete and physical, about carrying a weight.

Luke 14:27 βαστάζει carries

And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

Here: The ordinary verb for physically carrying a heavy load. The present tense describes what the person is doing as an ongoing state: 'is carrying,' not 'once picked up.' John 19:17 uses the same verb for Jesus carrying his own cross.

Luke 22:10 βαστάζων. carrying.

He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

John 10:31 Ἐβάστασαν Took up

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

Here: "They lifted / hoisted" stones. The word means picking up a weight and carrying it, so it is more than simply "took". It may suggest they fetched the stones and held them ready to throw. Its place at the front of the sentence puts the hostile action first.

John 12:6 ἐβάσταζεν.¶ he was pilfering.

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.

Here: The basic meaning is 'carry', but in everyday Greek it also meant 'carry off', that is, steal. Coming right after 'thief', it plainly means he kept removing the contents. The ongoing past tense describes a habit.

John 16:12 βαστάζειν to bear them

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

Here: The picture is of lifting and carrying a heavy load. The further teaching would be a weight the disciples could not yet shoulder, both in what they could understand and in what they could endure.

John 19:17 βαστάζων bearing

Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Here: A present participle: 'while carrying'. It shows the carrying going on during the walk out. The verb is used for lifting and hauling a physical load, and also for bearing something heavy to endure.

John 20:15 ἐβάστασας carried off

“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.”

Here: Carried off, moved away. John uses the same verb for Judas pilfering the common purse (12:6), so it can hint at taking something without permission. Mary still assumes a person moved the body.

Acts 3:2 ἐβαστάζετο, was being carried,

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.

Here: The tense pictures an action in progress: he 'was being carried' at that very moment. His arrival and the apostles' arrival happen at the same time, and that sets up the meeting.

Acts 9:15 βαστάσαι to carry

“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.

Here: To lift and carry something, often something heavy. Saul will carry Jesus' name before others, and verse 16 shows that carrying it will mean suffering.

Acts 15:10 βαστάσαι; to bear?

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?

Here: To carry a weight. It finishes the yoke picture. The same word family appears in Jesus' charge that teachers of the Law load people with burdens 'hard to carry' (Luke 11:46).

Acts 21:35 βαστάζεσθαι being carried

When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Romans 11:18 βαστάζεις support

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

Romans 15:1 βαστάζειν to bear

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Here: To pick up a weight and carry it. It is the verb of Galatians 6:2 ("bear one another's burdens") and of Jesus carrying his cross (John 19:17). The strong are to take the weak's limitations onto their own shoulders, not just tolerate them from a distance.

Galatians 5:10 βαστάσει he will bear

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.

Here: Future: "will carry." The verdict is pictured as a load he will have to carry himself. Paul uses the same verb again in 6:2, 6:5 and 6:17.

Galatians 6:2 βαστάζετε do bear you

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Here: A present-tense command to the whole group ('you all'), describing an ongoing habit: keep on picking up and carrying. The same verb is used of Jesus carrying his cross (John 19:17) and of Paul carrying Jesus' marks (Gal 6:17).

Galatians 6:5 βαστάσει. will bear.

For each one should carry his own load.

Here: Future indicative, 'will carry'. This is a statement, not a command. The same verb is used in verse 2 ('carry one another's burdens'), and the exact same form appears in 5:10, where the troublemaker 'will bear the judgment'. That points to carrying one's load before God.

Galatians 6:17 βαστάζω.¶ bear.

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

Here: "I carry, I bear", in the present tense: he carries them now and goes on carrying them. It is the same verb as in 6:2 ("bear one another's burdens") and 6:5 ("each will carry his own load"), and in 5:10 the troublemaker "will bear the judgment". Paul's own load is these marks.

Revelation 2:2 βαστάσαι to tolerate

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.

Here: Literally 'to carry a load', so here 'to put up with'. They will not carry evil people as part of their community. The same verb comes back in 2:3 ('you have borne [hardship] for my name'), making a deliberate contrast.

Revelation 2:3 ἐβάστασας endured

Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

Here: 'You carried (a load).' The aorist (simple past) tense sums up their past hardship as one completed whole. It deliberately echoes v.2: they 'cannot bear' (bastasai) evil people, yet they have 'borne' hardship for Christ. There is no object in Greek; the BSB's 'many things' is supplied.

Revelation 17:7 βαστάζοντος is carrying

“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.

Here: Present tense, ongoing: the beast keeps bearing her up. The woman's position depends on the beast's strength. That makes 17:16 ironic, where the beast and its horns turn and destroy her.