βάτοςbátos

a brier shrub

Greek (New Testament) · G942

Meanings

a bramble-bush: Luke 6:44, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς) β., in the place concerning the bush: Mark 12:26, Luke 20:37.

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 12:26 “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—haven’t you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
  • Luke 6:44 A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.
  • Luke 20:37 “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
  • Acts 7:30 “Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush.
  • Acts 7:35 “So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.