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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 LXX Greek.

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