G5342 – phero – φέρω – to bear; fig. to carry, bring

Strong’s ID:: G5342
Greek Word:: φέρω
Transliteration:: phero
Pronunciation:: fer’-o
Part of Speech:: verb
Etymology:: a primary verb
Usage Count:: 64
Search:: Find “phero” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to bear
2) figuratively: to carry, bring

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

a primary verb (for which other and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, οιω oio oy’-o; and ενεγκω enegko 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.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to carry
1a) to carry some burden
1a1) to bear with one’s self
1b) to move by bearing; move or, to be conveyed or borne, with the suggestion of force or speed
1b1) of persons borne in a ship over the sea
1b2) of a gust of wind, to rush
1b3) of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted
1c) to bear up, i.e. uphold (keep from falling)
1c1) 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
3a) to move to, apply
3b) to bring in by announcing, to announce
3c) to bear, i.e. bring forth, produce; to bring forward in a speech
3d) to lead, conduct

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.