Strong's Lexicon
G4064 — περιφέρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4064 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιφέρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and G5342 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | periphero |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-fer'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to convey around, i.e. transport hither and thither |
| KJV Renderings: | bear (carry) about |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιφέρω; present passive περιφέρομαι; from Herodotus down; to carry round: to bear about everywhere with one, τί, 2Co 4:10; to carry hither and thither, τούς κακῶς ἔχοντας, Mar 6:55 (where the Evangelist wishes us to conceive of the sick as brought to Jesus while he is travelling about and visiting different places); passive, to be driven (A. V. carried) about: παντί ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας, i. e. in doubt and hesitation to be led away now to this opinion, now to that, Eph 4:14. In Heb 13:9 and Jud 1:12 for περιφερ( editors from Griesbach on have restored παραφερ(.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιφέρω (bear (carry) about)
Mark 6:55
- KJV: And ran through that whole region round about and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was
- GK: περιδραμόντες όλην την περίχωρον εκείνην ήρξαντο επί τοις κραββάτοις τους κακώς έχοντας περιφέρειν όπου ήκουον ότι εκεί εστι
2 Corinthians 4:10
- KJV: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body
- GK: πάντοτε την νέκρωσιν του κυρίου Ιησού εν τω σώματι περιφέροντες ίνα και η ζωή του Ιησού εν τω σώματι ημών φανερωθή
Ephesians 4:14
- KJV: That we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive
- GK: ίνα μηκέτι ώμεν νήπιοι κλυδωνιζόμενοι και περιφερόμενοι παντί ανέμω της διδασκαλίας εν τη κυβεία των ανθρώπων εν πανουργία προς την μεθοδείαν της πλάνης
Hebrews 13:9
- KJV: Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines For a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have not profited them that have been occupied therein
- GK: διδαχαίς ποικίλαις και ξέναις μη περιφέρεσθε καλόν γαρ χάριτι βεβαιούσθαι την καρδίαν ου βρώμασιν εν οις ουκ ωφελήθησαν οι περιπατήσαντες
Jude 1:12
- KJV: These are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you feeding themselves without fear clouds without water carried about of winds trees whose fruit withereth without fruit twice dead plucked up by the roots
- GK: ούτοί εισιν εν ταις αγάπαις υμών σπιλάδες συνευωχούμενοι υμίν αφόβως εαυτούς ποιμαίνοντες νεφέλαι άνυδροι υπό ανέμων παραφερόμεναι δένδρα φθινοπώρινα άκαρπα δις αποθανόντα εκριζωθέντα