φέρω

φέρω — phérō

ἐνέγκω, see φέρω.

STRONGS NT 5342: οἴσωοἴσω see φέρω.

STRONGS NT 5342: φέρωφέρω; (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 (Joh 21:18; Rev 21:26); 1 aorist ἤνεγκα, participle ἐνέγκας; 2 aorist infinitive ἐνεγκεῖν (Mat 7:18 T WH); 1 aorist passive ἠνέχθην (2Pe 1:17; 2Pe 1:21); (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, Luk 23:26; to bear with oneself (which the Greek writings express by the middle) (A. V. to bring): τί, Luk 24:1; Joh 19:39.

b. to move by bearing; passive, like the Latinferor equivalent tomoveor, 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), Act 27:15; Act 27:17; of a gust of wind, to rush, Act 2:2 (cf. Jer 18:14); φωνή ἐνεχθεισα, was brought, came, 2Pe 1:17-18 (see ὑπό, I. 2 a.); of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted, ὑπό πνεύματος ἁγίου, 2Pe 1:21; φέρομαι ἐπί τί (R. V. press on), Heb 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, Heb 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, Num 11:14; Num 11:1-35; add, Deu 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, Heb 13:13; τί, to endure the rigor of a thing, Heb 12:20; τινα, to bear patiently one's conduct, or to spare one (abstain from punishing or destroying), Rom 9:22.

3. to bring, bring to, bring forward;

a. properly: τινα, Act 5:16; τί, Mark ( R G T Tr WH); T Tr WH,; Luk 15:23; Act 4:34; Act 4:37; Act 5:2; 2Ti 4:13; τινα πρός τινα, Mar 1:32; Mar 2:3 (T Tr marginal reading WH); (Winer's Grammar, 278 (262)), 19f; (τινα ἐπί τινα, Luk 12:11 Tr marginal reading); τινα τίνι, Mar 7:32; Mar 8:22; (τινα ἐπί τίνος, Luk 5:18); τί τίνι, Mar 12:15; Joh 2:8; with ὧδε added, Mat 14:18 (here Tr marginal reading brackets ὧδε);; τί πρός τινα, Mar 11:7 (T Tr WH); τί εἰς with an accusative of the place, Rev 21:24; Rev 21:26; τί ἐπί πίνακι, Mat 14:11; Mar 6:28 (Mar 6:27, Lachmann); ἀπό τίνος (a part of (see ἀπό, I. 3)), Joh 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), Joh 20:27. figuratively, φέρεται ὑμῖν τί, a thing is offered (literally, 'is being brought') to you: ἡ χάρις, 1Pe 1:13.

c. to bring by announcing: διδαχήν, 2Jn 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, Heb 9:16.

d. to bear i. e. bring forth, produce; α. properly: καρπόν (Mat 7:18 a T WH, 18b T); Mar 9:8 (on ἐν ἑξήκοντα, etc. WH text, see ἐν, I. 5 f.); Joh 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, 2Pe 1:21 (A. V. came); κρίσιν κατά τίνος, 2Pe 2:11; (κατηγορίαν κατά τίνος, Joh 18:29 R G L Tr (but here T WH omit κατά)); αἰτιώματα κατά τίνος, Act 25:7 R G (but G omits κατά τίνος); αἰτίαν, Act 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, Mar 15:22; Act 14:13; (ἐκεῖ) ὅπου, Joh 21:18; metaphorically, a gate is said φέρειν (Latinferre (English lead)) εἰς τήν πόλιν, Act 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.)