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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)
Dictionary Aids

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; 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: 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 21 times in 17 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 -

“Stop bringing useless offerings.

Your incense is detestable to me.

New Moons and Sabbaths,

and the calling of solemn assemblies —

I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 -

The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent.

He rebukes them, and they flee far away,

driven before the wind like chaff on the hills

and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 -

Bring water for the thirsty.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema

meet[fn] the refugees with food.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 -

For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,

and we have an agreement with Sheol;

when the overwhelming catastrophe[fn] passes through,

it will not touch us,

because we have made falsehood our refuge

and have hidden behind treachery.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 -

Your covenant with Death will be dissolved,

and your agreement with Sheol will not last.

When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through,

you will be trampled.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:5 -

Your many foes[fn] will be like fine dust,

and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.

Then suddenly, in an instant,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 -

you will be punished by the LORD of Armies

with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,

storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

A pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev:[fn]

Through a land of trouble and distress,

of lioness and lion,

of viper and flying serpent,

they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys

and their treasures on the humps of camels,

to a people who will not help them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 -

One thousand will flee at the threat of one,

at the threat of five you will flee,

until you remain

like a solitary pole on a mountaintop

or a banner on a hill.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each will be like a shelter from the wind,

a refuge from the rain,

like flowing streams in a dry land

and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 -

Leave, leave, go out from there!

Do not touch anything unclean;

go out from her, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3 -

He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.

He was like someone people turned away from;[fn]

he was despised, and we didn’t value him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:4 -

Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,

and he carried our pains;

but we in turn regarded him stricken,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 -

Caravans of camels will cover your land[fn] —

young camels of Midian and Ephah —

all of them will come from Sheba.

They will carry gold and frankincense

and proclaim the praises of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 -

I will bring gold instead of bronze;

I will bring silver instead of iron,

bronze instead of wood,

and iron instead of stones.

I will appoint peace as your government

and righteousness as your overseers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 -

All of us have become like something unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like a polluted[fn] garment;

all of us wither like a leaf,

and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 -

“They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

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