What does βάτος (bátos) mean in the Bible?
βάτος (bátos) is a Greek word meaning "a brier shrub".
Greek · G942
βάτος
A brier shrub
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βάτος G942
Pronunciation bátos
What does βάτος (bátos) mean in the Bible?
βάτος (bátos) is a Greek word meaning "a brier shrub".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G942?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bush (2), [ burning ] bush (1), [burning] bush (1), brambles (1).
Where does βάτος (bátos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 12:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bush 2× Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35
[ burning ] bush 1× Luke 20:37
[burning] bush 1× Mark 12:26
brambles 1× Luke 6:44
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 12:26 Βάτου to [burning] bush Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 6:44 βάτου to brambles Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 20:37 Βάτου to [ burning ] bush Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 7:30 βάτου to bush Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 7:35 βάτῳ to bush Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 12:26
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Mark 1 Luke 2 Acts 2
Source forms
βάτου 2x batou Luke 6:44, Acts 7:30
Βάτου 2x Batou Mark 12:26, Luke 20:37
βάτῳ 1x batō Acts 7:35
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x Luke 6:44, Luke 20:37, Acts 7:30
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 7:35
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Mark 12:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a brier shrub
Strong's G942
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a brier shrub
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 12:26 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βάτου, batou
a thorn bush or bramble
Read verse Luke 6:44 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βάτου batou
a thorn bush or bramble
Read verse Luke 20:37 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βάτου, batou
a thorn bush or bramble
Read verse Acts 7:30 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βάτου. batou
a thorn bush or bramble
Read verse Acts 7:35 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βάτῳ. batw
a thorn bush or bramble
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 6:44 · Luke 20:37 · Acts 7:30 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 12:26 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 7:35 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 16:6 1×
Word Origins
βάτος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain