βαστάζω
bastazō
“to carry”
Definition
to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)
perhaps remotely derived from the base of G939 (βάσις) (through the idea of removal);
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Occurrences
βαστάζω appears 27 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:“He took on our infirmitiesand carried our diseases.”
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