φέρω

φέρω

[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא. hi., also for נָשָׂא, etc. ;]

to bear;

1. to bear, carry: with accusative, Luke 23:26; 24:1, John 19:39, Hebrews 1:3 (see Westc., in l); pass., Acts 2:2; 27:15, 17, Hebrews 6:1, 2 Peter 1:17-18; of the mind, 2 Peter 1:21.

2. to bear, endure: with accusative of thing(s), Hebrews 12:20; 13:13; with accusative of person(s), Romans 9:22.

3. to bring, bring forward: with accusative of person(s), Acts 5:16; id. before πρός, Mark 1:32; 2:3; 9:17, 19-20; ἐπί, Luke 5:18; with dative, Mark 7:32; 8:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mark 6:27; 11:2; 12:15, Luke 15:23, Acts 4:34, 37; 5:2, 2 Timothy 4:13; id. before πρός, Mark 11:7; εἰς, Revelation 21:24, 26; ἐπί, Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:28; ἀπό, John 21:10; with dative, Mark 12:15, John 2:8; id. before ὧδε, Matthew 14:18; 17:17; before φαγεῖν (sc. τι), John 4:33; τ. δάκτυλον (χεῖρα), John 20:27; pass., ἡ χάρις, 1 Peter 1:13; διδαχήν, 2 John 10; θάνατον (cf. Field, Notes, 230), Hebrews 9:16; κρίσιν, 2 Peter 2:11; κατηγορίαν, John 18:29; αἰτίαν, Acts 25:18; αἰτιώματα, Acts 25:7, Rec.

4. to bear, produce, bring forth: καρπόν, Matthew 7:18, Mark 4:8, John 12:24; 15:2, 4-5; 15:8, 16.

5. to bring, lead: Mark 15:22, John 21:18, Acts 14:13; metaphorically, of a gate (ὁδός, cl.), Seq. εἰς, Acts 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. Matthew 11:8, al., see word φορέω, and see Tr., Syn., § lviii)