φέρω

φέρω

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

to bear;

1. to bear, carry: with accusative, Luk 23,26; 24,1, Joh 19,39, Hebr 1,3 (see Westc., in l); pass., ApG 2,2; 27,15, 17 Hebr 6,1, 2 Pet 1,17-18; of the mind, 2 Pet 1,21,

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

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

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

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