Quick Definition
βάτος, ου, ὁ, ἡ n.f. & n.m. a thorn bush or bramble
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a brier shrub
KJV Usage: bramble, bush
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
3.16 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
thorn plant, thistle, brier any kind of plant with sharp projections on its stem and/or branches; regarded as useless; symbol of hardship The reference to the passage of Scripture in LUK 20:37 is supplied from the context.
Except for LUK 6:44, all occurrences of βάτος in the NT are to the burning bush of EXO 3:2, in which the reference may very well be to a ‘burning thorn bush.’
81.20 · Spacial Dimensions · Specific Measures of Volume
bath a Hebrew liquid measure of between eight and nine gallons or approximately thirty-five liters Because of the possible symbolic numerical values used in the Parable of the Dishonest Steward, it is important to retain the numerals, while making some adjustment in the case of the term βάτος. Accordingly, one may speak of ‘one hundred barrels of olive oil’ or ‘one hundred containers of olive oil’ or ‘one hundred large jars of olive oil.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βάτος, -ov, 7 and (in Mk. xii. 26 GLTTr WH) ὁ, (the latter acc. to Moeris, Attic; the former Hellenistic; οἵ. Fritzsche on Mk. p. 532; W. 63 (62) [ef. 36; B. 12 (11)]), [fr. Hom. down], a thorn or bramble-bush [cf. B. Ὁ. s. v. Bush]: Lk. vi. 44; Acts vii. 30, 35; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς) βάτου at the Bush, i. e. where it tells about the Bush, Mk. xii. 26; Lk. xx. 37; ef. Fritzsche on Ro. xi. 2; [B.D. s. v. Bible IV. 1].
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βάτος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX (always masc, as in Attic): Ex 3:2-4, De 33:16 (סְנֶה), Jb 31:40 (בָּאְשָׁה)*;]
a bramble-bush: Lk 6:44, Ac 7:30, 35; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς) β., in the place concerning the bush: Mk 12:26, Lk 20:37.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βάτος (1) in the sense of ‘“‘bush” is feminine in Lk 2057, Ac 73°, but masculine in Mk 1228 in accordance with the LXX usage (Exod 324, Deut 335), which Thackeray (Gr i. p. 145) describes as apparently ‘‘ vulgar and Ilellenistic.” See, however, Moeris p. 99, who regards ἢ B. as ἑλληνικῶς, and ὁ B. as ἀττικῶς. The only passage we can cite, P Lond 1214 (iii/A.p.) (=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 (Sozrces 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. 247°). Kaibel has two epitaphs from Italy of the imperial age: 546° οὐ βάτοι, οὐ τρίβολοι τὸν ἐμὸν τάφον ἀμφὶς ἔχουσιν, and 5485 ἄνθεα πολλὰ γένοιτο νεοδμήτῳ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ, μὴ βάτος αὐχμηρή, μὴ κακὸν αἰγίπυρον. βάτος (2). This Hebrew loanword (M3) is rather strangely transliterated βάδος in Hesychius, who implies that this was commoner than βάτος : perhaps the fact that § was now generally spirantised (like δὰ in dathe) made it seem nearer than τ to the Hebrew letter. See Tischendorf on Lk 16°: to NLX, which spell with δι must now be added W.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βάτος (batos) — thorn bush. βάτος[ᾰ], ἡ,
__A bramble, Rubus ulmifolius, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ, [NT+5th c.BC+] __A.II β. Ἰδαία raspberry, Rubus Idaeus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={β. ὀρθοφυής} [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.III β. Μοσυλῖτις, a kind of cassia, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __A.IV ={ἑλένιον}, elecampane, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]