bastazō · carry, bear

What it means

bastazō (βαστάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “carry, bear”.

Endure.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To hold something in hand or on one's back.
2. To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
3. To take something away, steal it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bear ×7
• carried ×5
• carry ×5
• carrying ×4
• have borne ×2
• carries ×1
• he used to take ×1
• picked up ×1
• support ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• John×5
• Acts×4
• Romans×2
• Galatians×4
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 3:11

  I immerse you in water for change of mind, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Matthew 8:17

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “He himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

• Matthew 20:12

  saying, ‘These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

• Mark 14:13

  And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,

• Luke 7:14

  And coming up, he touched the bier, and those who were carrying it stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.”

• Luke 10:4

  Do not carry a money bag, nor a bag, nor sandals; and greet no one on the road.

• Luke 11:27

  Now it happened, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Happy is the womb that carried you, and the breasts that you nursed at!”

• Luke 14:27

  Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

• Luke 22:10

  And he said to them, “Look, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house into which he enters.

• John 10:31

  The Jews again picked up stones to stone him.

• John 12:6

  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

• John 16:12

  I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

• John 19:17

  and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to the place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha,

• John 20:15

  Jesus says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She, thinking that he was the gardener, says to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away.”

• Acts 3:2

  And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they used to set every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those entering into the temple.

• Acts 9:15

  But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

• Acts 15:10

  Now then, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

• Acts 21:35

  And when he came to the steps, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

• Romans 11:18

  do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember: it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

• Romans 15:1

  Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

• Galatians 5:10

  I am confident about you in the Lord that you will think nothing else; but the one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

• Galatians 6:2

  Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.

• Galatians 6:5

  For each one will carry his own load.

• Galatians 6:17

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

• Revelation 2:2

  I know your works, and your toil and your endurance, and that you cannot bear evil people, and that you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them false;

• Revelation 2:3

  and you have endurance, and you have borne up for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.

• Revelation 17:7

  And the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.