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Lexicon :: Strong's G5342 - pherō

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φέρω
Transliteration
pherō (Key)
Pronunciation
fer'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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)
mGNT
66x in 33 unique form(s) TR
64x in 36 unique form(s) LXX
233x in 53 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:56,1252

Trench's Synonyms: lviii. φέρω, φορέω.

Strong’s Definitions

φέρω phérō, fer'-o; a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, οἴω oíō oy'-o; and ἐνέγκω enénkō en-eng'-ko; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's G5342 in the following manner: bring (34x), bear (8x), bring forth (5x), come (3x), reach (2x), endure (2x), carry (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's G5342 in the following manner: bring (34x), bear (8x), bring forth (5x), come (3x), reach (2x), endure (2x), carry (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to carry

    1. to carry some burden

      1. to bear with one's self

    2. to move by bearing; move or, to be conveyed or borne, with the suggestion of force or speed

      1. of persons borne in a ship over the sea

      2. of a gust of wind, to rush

      3. of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted

    3. to bear up i.e. uphold (keep from falling)

      1. of Christ, the preserver of the universe

  2. to bear, i.e. endure, to endure the rigour of a thing, to bear patiently one's conduct, or spare one (abstain from punishing or destroying)

  3. to bring, bring to, bring forward

    1. to move to, apply

    2. to bring in by announcing, to announce

    3. to bear i.e. bring forth, produce; to bring forward in a speech

    4. to lead, conduct

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φέρω phérō, fer'-o; a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, οἴω oíō oy'-o; and ἐνέγκω enénkō en-eng'-ko; 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.
STRONGS G5342:
φέρω; (allied to German führen. fahren (English bear, etc. Scotch bairn, etc. etc.; cf. Curtius, § 411)); imperfect ἔφερον; passive, present φέρομαι; imperfect ἐφερομην; future active οἴσω (John 21:18; Revelation 21:26); 1 aorist ἤνεγκα, participle ἐνέγκας; 2 aorist infinitive ἐνεγκεῖν (Matthew 7:18 T WH); 1 aorist passive ἠνέχθην (2 Peter 1:17, 21); (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 68 (60); Winers Grammar, 90 (85f); especially Veitch, p. 668f); from Homer down; the Sept. for הֵבִיא and נָשָׂא; to bear, i. e.:
1. to carry;
a. to carry some burden: τόν σταυρόν ὄπισθεν τίνος, Luke 23:26; to bear with oneself (which the Greek writings express by the middle) (A. V. to bring): τί, Luke 24:1; John 19:39.
b. to move by bearing; passive, like the Latin feror equivalent to moveor, to be conveyed or borne, with a suggestion of speed or force (often so in secular authors from Homer down): of persons borne in a ship over the sea (A. V. to be driven), Acts 27:15, 17; of a gust of wind, to rush, Acts 2:2 (cf. Jeremiah 18:14); φωνή ἐνεχθεισα, was brought, came, 2 Peter 1:17, 18 (see ὑπό, I. 2 a.); of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted, ὑπό πνεύματος ἁγίου, 2 Peter 1:21; φέρομαι ἐπί τί (R. V. press on), Hebrews 6:1.
c. according to a less frequent use to bear up, i. e. uphold (keep from falling): φέρων τά πάντα τῷ ῤήματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, of God (the Son) the preserver of the universe, Hebrews 1:3 (so in the Targums and rabbinical writings סְבַל is often used, e. g. עולָמו סובֵל, of God; οὐ δυνήσομαι ἐγώ μόνος φέρειν τόν λαόν τοῦτον, Numbers 11:14, cf. 11; add, Deuteronomy 1:9, for נָשָׂא; ὁ τά μή (μέν) ὄντα φέρων καί τά πάντα γεννων, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 7; from native Greek writings we have φέρειν τήν πόλιν, Plutarch, Lucull. 6; cf. Bleek, Brief a. d. Hebrew ii. 1, p. 70f).
2. to bear i. e. endure (examples without number in Greek writings from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, B. I. 3; (Liddell and Scott, under the word A. III.)): τόν ὀνειδισμόν, Hebrews 13:13; τί, to endure the rigor of a thing, Hebrews 12:20; τινα, to bear patiently one's conduct, or to spare one (abstain from punishing or destroying), Romans 9:22.
3. to bring, bring to, bring forward;
a. properly: τινα, Acts 5:16; τί, Mark (Mark 6:27 R G T Tr WH); Acts 11:2 T Tr WH, Mark 12:16; Luke 15:23; Acts 4:34, 37; Acts 5:2; 2 Timothy 4:13; τινα πρός τινα, Mark 1:32; Mark 2:3 (T Tr marginal reading WH); Mark 9:17 (Winer's Grammar, 278 (262)), 19f; (τινα ἐπί τινα, Luke 12:11 Tr marginal reading); τινα τίνι, Mark 7:32; Mark 8:22; (τινα ἐπί τίνος, Luke 5:18); τί τίνι, Mark 12:15; John 2:8; with ὧδε added, Matthew 14:18 (here Tr marginal reading brackets ὧδε); Matthew 17:17; τί πρός τινα, Mark 11:7 (T Tr WH); τί εἰς with an accusative of the place, Revelation 21:24, 26; τί ἐπί πίνακι, Matthew 14:11; Mark 6:28 (Mark 6:27, Lachmann); ἀπό τίνος (a part of (see ἀπό, I. 3)), John 21:10; φέρω τίνι φαγεῖν, An. 4:33.
b. to move to, apply: τόν δάκτυλόν, τήν χεῖρα, ὧδε, εἰς with an accusative of the place (A. V. reach), John 20:27. figuratively, φέρεται ὑμῖν τί, a thing is offered (literally, 'is being brought') to you: ἡ χάρις, 1 Peter 1:13.
c. to bring by announcing: διδαχήν, 2 John 1:10 (τίνι ἀγγελιην, μυθον, λόγον, φημην, etc., in Homer, Pindar, others); to announce (see Passow, under the word, p. 2231b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. IV. 4)): θάνατον, Hebrews 9:16.
d. to bear i. e. bring forth, produce;
α. properly: καρπόν (Matthew 7:18a T WH, 18b T); Mark 9:8 (on ἐν ἑξήκοντα, etc. WH text, see ἐν, I. 5 f.); John 12:24; John 15:2, 4f, 8, 16; (Homer, Odyssey 4, 229; Hesiod, Works, 117; Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 28; others).
β. to bring forward in speech: προφητεία, 2 Peter 1:21 (A. V. came); κρίσιν κατά τίνος, 2 Peter 2:11; (κατηγορίαν κατά τίνος, John 18:29 R G L Tr (but here T WH omit κατά)); αἰτιώματα κατά τίνος, Acts 25:7 R G (but G omits κατά τίνος); αἰτίαν, Acts 25:18 L T Tr WH; (τασας αἰτίας, reasons, Demosthenes, p. 1328, 22; ἀπολογισμους, Polybius 1, 32, 4).
e. to lead, conduct (A. V. bring, carry, etc. (German führen)): ἐπί with an accusative of the place, Mark 15:22; Acts 14:13; (ἐκεῖ) ὅπου, John 21:18; metaphorically, a gate is said φέρειν (Latin ferre (English lead)) εἰς τήν πόλιν, Acts 12:10 (ὁδός φέρουσαν εἰς ἱρόν, Herodotus 2, 122; διά τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἐς τό πρός ἠω, id. 2, 138 (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. VII.)). (Compare: ἀναφέρω, ἀποφέρω, διαφέρω, εἰσφέρω, παρεισφέρω, ἐκφέρω, ἐπιφέρω, καταφέρω, παραφέρω, περιφέρω, προφέρω, προσφέρω, συνφέρω, ὑποφέρω. Synonym: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
11:11; 11:14
Deuteronomy
1:9
Jeremiah
18:14
Matthew
7:18; 7:18; 14:11; 14:18; 17:17
Mark
1:32; 2:3; 6:27; 6:27; 6:28; 7:32; 8:22; 9:8; 9:17; 11:7; 12:15; 12:16; 15:22
Luke
5:18; 12:11; 15:23; 23:26; 24:1
John
2:8; 12:24; 15:2; 15:4; 15:8; 15:16; 18:29; 19:39; 20:27; 21:10; 21:18; 21:18
Acts
2:2; 4:34; 4:37; 5:2; 5:16; 11:2; 12:10; 14:13; 25:7; 25:18; 27:15; 27:17
Romans
9:22
2 Timothy
4:13
Hebrews
1:3; 6:1; 9:16; 12:20; 13:13
1 Peter
1:13
2 Peter
1:17; 1:17; 1:18; 1:21; 1:21; 1:21; 2:11
2 John
1:10
Revelation
21:24; 21:26; 21:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5342 matches the Greek φέρω (pherō),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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A chariot could be imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds[fn] of silver and a horse for nearly four pounds.[fn] In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

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But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him?

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In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire, whatever she asked ​— ​far more than she had brought the king. Then she, along with her servants, returned to her own country.

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The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was twenty-five tons,[fn]

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besides what was brought by the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Each of them would bring his own gift ​— ​items[fn] of silver and gold, clothing, weapons,[fn][fn] spices, and horses and mules ​— ​as an annual tribute.

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At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from all the plunder they had brought.

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Some of the Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him flocks: 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.

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When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the LORD’s temple with it ​— ​articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles[fn] and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the LORD’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.

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and the Judahites captured ten thousand alive. They took them to the top of a cliff where they threw them off, and all of them were dashed to pieces.

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After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites and set them up as his gods. He worshiped before them and burned incense to them.

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He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver, 60,000 bushels[fn] of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

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Then the Israelites took two hundred thousand captives from their brothers ​— ​women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder from them and brought it to Samaria.

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Hezekiah concluded, “Now you are consecrated[fn] to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all those with willing hearts brought burnt offerings.

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When the word spread, the Israelites gave liberally of the best of the grain, new wine, fresh oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance, a tenth of everything.

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As for the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought a tenth of the herds and flocks, and a tenth of the dedicated things that were consecrated to the LORD their God. They gathered them into large piles.

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The chief priest Azariah, of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began bringing the offering to the LORD’s temple, we have been eating and are satisfied and there is plenty left over because the LORD has blessed his people; this abundance is what is left over.”

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Many were bringing an offering to the LORD to Jerusalem and valuable gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah, and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after that.

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So all the service of the LORD was established that day for observing the Passover and for offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

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