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βαστάζω,

[in LXX: Jg 16:30 (נטה), Ru 2:16, II Ki 23:5, IV Ki 18:14 and Jb 21:3 (נשׂא), Si 6:25, Da TH Bel 36*;]

1. to take up with the hands, to lift: λίθους, Jo 10:31.

2. to bear, to carry, as a burden, and metaph., to endure; Mt 3:1120:12, Mk 14:13, Lk 7:1410:7 11:27 14:27 22:10, Jo 16:1219:17, Ac 3:29:1515:121:35, Ro 11:1815:1, Ga 5:10 6:2, 5 17, Re 2:2, 317:7.

3. In late writers (MM, Exp., ii, iii, x),

(a) to take away; Mt 8:17 (Is 53:4, Heb.);

(b) to carry off, steal: Jo 12:620:15.†