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φέρω (G5342)

phérō

en-eng'-ko

a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, ; and ; to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows):--be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.

Abbott–Smith

φέρω [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא. hi., also for נשׂא, etc. ;]
to bear;
1. to bear, carry: c. acc, Lk 23:26 24:1, Jo 19:39, He 1:3 (v. Westc., in l.); pass., Ac 2:2 27:15, 17 He 6:1, II Pe 1:17, 18; of the mind, II Pe 1:21.
2. to bear, endure: c. acc. rei, He 12:20 13:13; c. acc pers., Ro 9:22.
3. to bring, bring forward: c. acc. pers., Ac 5:16; id. seq. πρός, Mk 1:32 2:3 9:17, 19, 20; ἐπί, Lk 5:18; c. dat., Mk 7:32 8:22; c. acc. rei, Mk 6:27 11:2 12:15, Lk 15:23, Ac 4:34, 37 5:2, II Ti 4:13; id. seq. πρός, Mk 11:7; εἰς, Re 21:24, 26; ἐπί, Mt 14:11, Mk 6:28; ἀπό, Jo 21:10; c. dat., Mk 12:15, Jo 2:8; id. seq. ὧδε, Mt 14:18 17:17; seq. φαγεῖν (sc. τι), Jo 4:33; τ. δάκτυλον (χεῖρα), Jo 20:27; pass., ἡ χάρις, I Pe 1:13; διδαχήν, II Jo 10; θάνατον (cf. Field, Notes, 230), He 9:16; κρίσιν, II Pe 2:11; κατηγορίαν, Jo 18:29; αἰτίαν, Ac 25:18; αἰτιώματα, ib. 7, Rec.
4. to bear, produce, bring forth: καρπόν, Mt 7:18, Mk 4:8, Jo 12:24 15:2, 4, 5, 8, 16.
5. to bring, lead: Mk 15:22, Jo 21:18, Ac 14:13; metaph., of a gate (ὁδός, cl.), Seq. εἰς, Ac 12:10
(cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, παρ-εισ-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-φέρω).†
SYN: φορέω, which expresses habitual and continuous bearing as distinct from (φέρω) that which is accidental and temporary (cf. Mt 11:8, al., s.v. φορέω, and v. Tr., Syn., § lviii)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


58 occurrences

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  • Matthew 14:11
    And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
  • Matthew 14:18
    He said, Bring them hither to me.
  • Matthew 17:17
    Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  • Mark 1:32
    And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
  • Mark 2:3
    And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
  • Mark 4:8
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
  • Mark 6:27
    And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
  • Mark 6:28
    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
  • Mark 7:32
    And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
  • Mark 8:22
    And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.