Strong's Greek · G5342
G5342 phérō
φέρω
fer'-o
to bear/lead
Looking for Hebrew H5342 nêtser? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5342. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
phérō appears 66 times in Scripture, including Matthew 14:11 and Mark 1:32. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
In the King James Version
be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold
Derivation
a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, οἴω ; and ἐνέγκω ;
Appears 66 times in Scripture
““O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.””
“So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.”
“John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.”
“Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.””
“The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.”
““Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said.”
“Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.”
“That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed,”
“When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
