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Lexicon :: Strong's G5409 - phoreō

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φορέω
Transliteration
phoreō (Key)
Pronunciation
for-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:83,1252

Trench's Synonyms: lviii. φέρω, φορέω.

Strong’s Definitions

φορέω phoréō, for-eh'-o; from G5411; to have a burden, i.e. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment:—bear, wear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G5409 in the following manner: bear (3x), wear (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G5409 in the following manner: bear (3x), wear (3x).

  1. to bear constantly, wear

    1. of clothing, garments, armour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φορέω phoréō, for-eh'-o; from G5411; to have a burden, i.e. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment:—bear, wear.
STRONGS G5409:
φορέω, φορῶ; future φορέσω (1 Corinthians 15:49 R G WH marginal reading); 1 aorist ἐφορεσα (later forms for the earlier φορήσω and ἐφόρησα, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 315; Kühner (and especially Veitch) under the word; Winers Grammar, § 13, 3{c}; (Buttmann, 37 (32))); (frequent. of φέρω, and differing from it by denoting not the simple and transient act of bearing, but a continuous or habitual bearing; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 585f; Hermann on Sophocles Electr. 715; (Trench, § lviii.; Schmidt, chapter 105, 6); accordingly, ἀγγελιην φέρειν means 'to carry a (single) message', Herodotus 3, 53 and 122; ἀγγελιην φορηιν, 'to serve as (fill the office of) a messenger', Herodotus 3, 34; hence, we are said φόρειν those things which we carry about with us or wear, as e. g. our clothing); from Homer down; to bear constantly, wear: of clothing, garments, armor, etc., Matthew 11:8; John 19:5; Romans 13:4 (on this last passage, see μάχαιρα, 2); 1 Corinthians 15:49 (see above, and WH. Introductory § 404); James 2:3 (Sir. 11:5 Sir. 40:4).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:8
John
19:5
Romans
13:4
1 Corinthians
15:49; 15:49
James
2:3

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Strong's Number G5409 matches the Greek φορέω (phoreō),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον ἰδοὺ οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες G5409 ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων εἰσίν

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:5 - ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔξω φορῶν G5409 τὸν ἀκάνθινον στέφανον καὶ τὸ πορφυροῦν ἱμάτιον καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν σοὶ εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν ἐὰν δὲ τὸ κακὸν ποιῇς φοβοῦ οὐ γὰρ εἰκῇ τὴν μάχαιραν φορεῖ G5409 θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν ἔκδικος εἰς ὀργὴν τῷ τὸ κακὸν πράσσοντι

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:49 - καὶ καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν G5409 τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊκοῦ φορέσομεν G5409 καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - ἐπιβλέψητε δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν φοροῦντα G5409 τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν λαμπρὰν καὶ εἴπητε σὺ κάθου ὧδε καλῶς καὶ τῷ πτωχῷ εἴπητε σὺ στῆθι ἐκεῖ ἢ κάθου ὑπὸ τὸ ὑποπόδιόν μου
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