Quick Definition
a thorn bush or bramble
Strong's Definition
a brier shrub
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: bramble, bush
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βάτος (1), βάτου, ἡ and (in Mar_12:26 G L T Tr WH) ὁ, (the latter according to Moeris, Attic; the former Hellenistic; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 532; Winers Grammar, 63 (62) (cf. 36; Buttmann, 12 (11))) (from Homer down), a thorn or bramble-bush (cf. B. D., under the word ): Luk_6:44; Act_7:30; Act_7:35; ἐπί τοῦ (τῆς) βάτου at the Bush, i. e. where it tells about the Bush, Mar_12:26; Luk_20:37; cf. Fritzsche on Rom_11:2; (B. D., under the word IV. 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βάτος batos 5x
a thorn-bush, Mar_12:26 ; Luk_6:44 ; Luk_20:37 ; Act_7:30 ; Act_7:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βάτος , -ου , ὁ , ἡ ,
[in LXX (always masc., as in Attic ): Exo_3:2-4 , Deu_33:16 ( H5572 ), Job_31:40 ( H890 ) * ;]
a bramble-bush: Luk_6:44 , Act_7:30 ; Act_7:35 ; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς ) β ., in the place concerning the bush: Mar_12:26 , Luk_20:37 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βάτος (1) [page 107]
βάτος (1) in the sense of bush is feminine in Luk_20:37 , Act_7:35 , but masculine in Mar_12:26 in accordance with the LXX usage ( Exo_3:8 ff. , Deu_33:16 ), which Thackeray ( Gr. i. p. 145) describes as apparently vulgar and Hellenistic. See, however, Moeris p. 99, who regards ἡ β . as ἑλληνικῶς , and ὁ β . as ἀττικῶς . The only passage we can cite, P Lond 121 .460 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 99) θὲς ὑπὲρ βάτον , throws no light on the gender : since the context is a φίλτρον κάλλιστον , in which kind of literature meaning is no great matter, βάτον may as well be a Hebrew measure as a bramble-bush. H. A. A. Kennedy ( Sources of NT Greek , p. 78) includes βάτος in a list of Biblical words for which Aristophanes is practically the only earlier authority. But we must remember Homer ( Od. 24 .230 ). Kaibel has two epitaphs from Italy of the imperial age : 546 .6 οὐ βάτοι , οὐ τρίβολοι τὸν ἐμὸν τάφον ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν , and 548 .2 ἄνθεα πολλὰ γένοιτο νεοδμήτῳ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ , μὴ βάτος αὐχμηρή , μὴ κακὸν αἰγίπυρον .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βάτος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX (always masc, as in Attic): Exo.3:2-4, Deu.33:16 (סְנֶה), Job.31:40 (בָּאְשָׁה)* ;]
a bramble-bush: Luk.6:44, Act.7:30, 35; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς) β., in the place concerning the bush: Mrk.12:26, Luk.20:37.†
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