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I. βάτος, ου, ἡ, ὁ (acc. to Moeris 99 the fem. is Hellenistic [Just., D. 60, 3; 127, 4; 128, 1], and ὁ βάτος, as in Mk 12:26, Ex 3:2–4 [Just., D. 60, 4] and Philo, Mos. 1, 67 is Attic, but Thackeray, and PKatz in ZNW 46, ’55, 136 with n. 8a [s. B-D-F §49, 1] show that the reverse is true.—Hom. et al.; Kaibel 546, 6; 548, 2; LXX; Just.) a spiny or thorny shrub of the genus ‘Rubus’ thorn-bush, of the bush in which Moses saw a vision of God (Ex 3:2–4; cp. Dt 33:16; Jos., Ant. 2, 266) Mk 12:26 (ὁ); ἐπὶ τ. βάτου in the passage about the thorn-bush Lk 20:37 (ἡ); Ac 7:30, 35 (ἡ), s. Zohary 140f; 1 Cl 17:5 (ἡ). Symbol of unfruitfulness Lk 6:44 (cp. Job 31:40). Zohary 140f identifies the bush of Moses as ‘Cassia senna’, a shrub that grows up to 1 m. high w. a thick foliage of pinnate leaves—DELG. M-M. TW.2II. βάτος, ου, ὁ a Hebr. liquid measure ‘bath’, jug (Hb. loanw. בַּת; cp. 2 Esdr 7:22; En 10:19) acc. to Jos., Ant. 8, 57 β.=72 sextarii, or c. 34 liters (FHultsch, Griech. u. röm. Metrologie2 1882, 488:36, 371; OViedebannt, Forschungen z. Metrologie d. Altertums 1917, 127ff: 32, 61) Lk 16:6 (vv.ll.: βάδος, κάδος κάβος).—DELG. M-M.
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