"requiring to be cast or put, Lk. 5:38*"
Definition and meaning
requiring to be cast or put, Lk. 5:38*
In the original Greek the word is written: βλητέος
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of bleteos (G992) across the King James Bible.
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
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Common questions
Strong's G992 (bleteos) is a Greek word that means: requiring to be cast or put, Lk. 5:38* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word bleteos (G992) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G992 is bleteos, a Greek word defined as: requiring to be cast or put, Lk. 5:38*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
bleteos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.