βαστάζω

βαστάζω — bastázō

βαστάζω; future βαστάσω; 1 aorist ἐβάστασα;

1. to take up with the hands: λίθους, Joh 10:31 (λααν, Homer, Odyssey 11, 594; τήν μάχαιραν ἀπό τῆς γῆς, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 11, 7).

2. to take up in order to carry or bear; to put upon oneself (something) to be carried; to bear what is burdensome: τόν σταυρόν, Joh 19:17; Luk 14:27 (see σταυρός 2 a. and b.); Metaphorically: βαστάζειν τί, to be equal to understanding a matter and receiving it calmly, Joh 16:12 (Epictetus ench. 29, 5); φορτίον, Gal 6:5; βαστάσει τό κρίμα, must take upon himself the condemnation of the judge, Gal 5:10 (מִשְׁפָּט נָשָׂא, Mic 7:9). Hence, to bear, endure: Mat 20:12; Act 15:10 (ζυγόν); Rom 15:1; Gal 6:2; Rev 2:2 f (Epictetus diss. 1, 3, 2; Anthol. 5, 9, 3; in this sense the Greeks more commonly use φέρειν.)

3. simply to bear, carry: Mat 3:11; Mar 14:13; Luk 7:14; Luk 22:10; Rev 17:7; passive, Act 3:2; Act 21:35. τό ὄνομα μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν, so to bear it that it may be in the presence of Gentiles, i. e. by preaching to carry the knowledge of my name to the Gentiles, Act 9:15. to carry on one's person: Luk 10:4; Gal 6:17 (cf. Ellicott at the passage); of the womb carrying the foetus, Luk 11:27; to sustain, i. e., uphold, support: Rom 11:18.

4. by a use unknown to Attic writers, to bear away, carry off: νόσους, to take away or remove by curing them, Mat 8:17 (Galen de compos. medicam. per Gen 2:1-25; Gen 14:1-24 (339, Bas. edition) ψωρας τέ θεραπεύει καί ὑπώπια βαστάζει) (others refer the use in Matthew, the passage cited to 2; cf. Meyer). Joh 12:6 (ἐβασταζε used to pilfer (R. V. text took away; cf. our 'shoplifting', though path. this lift is a different word, see Skeat, under the word)); Joh 20:15 (Polybius 1, 48, 2 ὁ ἄνεμος τούς πύργους τῇ βία βαστάζει, Apollod. Bibl. 2, 6, 2; 3, 4, 3; Athen. 2, 26, p. 46 f.; 15, 48, p. 693{e}; very many instances from Josephus are given by Krebs, Observations, p. 152ff). (Synonyms: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.)