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Strong's G5342 · Greek

φέρω

phero · fer'-o

a primary verb -- for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, oio oy'-o; and enegko en-eng'-ko to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φέρω (G5342)

66 φέρω [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא . hi., also for נשׂא , etc. ;] to bear ; 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 . to bear, endure : c. acc. rei, He 12:20 13:13 ; c. acc pers., Ro 9:22 . 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. to bear, produce, bring forth : καρπόν , Mt 7:18 , Mk 4:8 , Jo 12:24 15:2 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 16 . 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)

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

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