βάτος[ᾰ] G0942
Bush, bramble bush; the thorny shrub (Rubus) associated with God's appearance to Moses in the burning bush.
Refers to a thorny bush or bramble, most memorably the bush that burned without being consumed when God spoke to Moses on Mount Horeb. Three of its five NT occurrences allude directly to that theophany: Mark 12:26 and Luke 20:37 cite 'the passage about the bush' as proof of resurrection, while Acts 7:30, 35 retells the Exodus narrative. Luke 6:44 uses it in a proverb—'figs are not gathered from a bramble bush'—grounding it in everyday Palestinian botany. Spanish 'zarza' preserves both the botanical and theological resonance, while French 'buisson' and German 'Dornbusch' (thorn-bush) emphasize its thorny character.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A thorny bush or bramble (genus Rubus), most notably the burning bush of the Exodus theophany. In Mark 12:26 and Luke 20:37, Jesus references 'the bush' passage (Exod 3) to argue for resurrection; Acts 7:30, 35 recounts Moses' encounter with the angel in the flame of the bush. Luke 6:44 employs it botanically in a wisdom saying about gathering figs from thorns. The Spanish 'zarza' and German 'Dornbusch' both highlight the thorny nature of the plant, while French 'buisson' serves as a general term for shrub—yet all translations carry the heavy theological freight of God's self-revelation at the bush. 5×
AR["العُلَّيقَةِ", "العُلَّيقِ", "عُلَّيقَةِ", "عُلَّيْقَةٍ", "عُلَّيْقَةِ"]·ben["কাঁটাঝোপ", "ঝোপে।", "ঝোপের", "ঝোপের।", "বলে"]·DE["Dornbusch", "Βάτου", "βάτου", "βάτῳ"]·EN["Bush", "a-bramble-bush", "bush", "of-a-bush"]·FR["buisson"]·heb["סְנֶה"]·HI["झाड़ी", "झाड़ी-की"]·ID["Semak", "Semak-Duri", "semak", "semak-duri."]·IT["batou", "rovo"]·jav["Grumbul,", "grumbul", "grumbul.", "grumbulan-eri"]·KO["덮불-에서", "덮불-의", "떨기나무에서", "찌마나무"]·PT["Sarça", "de-sarça", "sarça"]·RU["Купине", "Кусте", "куста", "кусте"]·ES["Zarza", "de-zarza", "zarza"]·SW["Kichaka", "kichaka", "michongoma", "wa-kichaka"]·TR["Çalı", "Çalı'nın", "çalıda", "çalıdan", "çalının"]·urd["توڑتے", "جھاڑی", "جھاڑی-کی"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
βάτος[ᾰ], ἡ, __A bramble, Rubus ulmifolius, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ, NT+5th c.BC+ __A.II β. Ἰδαία raspberry, Rubus Idaeus, Refs 1st c.AD+; ={β. ὀρθοφυής} Refs 4th c.BC+ __A.III β. Μοσυλῖτις, a kind of cassia, Refs 1st c.AD+ __A.IV ={ἑλένιον}, elecampane, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+