Strong's Lexicon
G5409 — φορέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5409 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φορέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5411 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | phoreo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | for-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to have a burden 2. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment |
| KJV Renderings: | bear, wear |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φορέω, φορῶ; future φορέσω (1Co 15:49 R G WH marginal reading); 1 aorist ἐφορεσα (later forms for the earlier φορήσω and ἐφόρησα, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 315; Kühner (and especially Veitch) under the word; Winers Grammar, § 13, 3{c}; (Buttmann, 37 (32))); (frequent. of φέρω, and differing from it by denoting not the simple and transient act of bearing, but a continuous or habitual bearing; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 585f; Hermann on Sophocles Electr. 715; (Trench, § lviii.; Schmidt, chapter 105, 6); accordingly, ἀγγελιην φέρειν means ’to carry a (single) message’, Herodotus 3, 53 and 122; ἀγγελιην φορηιν, ’to serve as (fill the office of) a messenger’, Herodotus 3, 34; hence, we are said φόρειν those things which we carry about with us or wear, as e. g. our clothing); from Homer down; to bear constantly, wear: of clothing, garments, armor, etc., Mat 11:8; Joh 19:5; Rom 13:4 (on this last passage, see μάχαιρα, 2); 1Co 15:49 (see above, and WH. Introductory § 404); Jas 2:3 (Sir 11:5 Sir 40:4).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φορέω (bear)
Matthew 11:8
- KJV: But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft raiment behold they that wear soft are in kings’ houses
- GK: αλλά τι εξήλθετε ιδείν άνθρωπον εν μαλακοίς ιματίοις ημφιεσμένον ιδού οι τα μαλακά φορούντες εν τοις οίκοις των βασιλείων εισίν
John 19:5
- KJV: Then came Jesus forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe And saith unto them Behold the man
- GK: εξήλθεν ουν ο Ιησούς έξω φορών τον ακάνθινον στέφανον και το πορφυρούν ιμάτιον και λέγει αυτοίς ίδε ο άνθρωπος
Romans 13:4
- KJV: For he is the minister of God thee for good But if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to wrath upon him that doeth evil
- GK: θεού γαρ διάκονός εστί σοι εις το αγαθόν εάν δε το κακόν ποιής φοβού ου γαρ εική την μάχαιραν φορεί θεού γαρ διάκονός εστίν εκδίκος εις οργήν τω το κακόν πράσσοντι
1 Corinthians 15:49
- KJV: And as we have borne the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly
- GK: και καθώς εφορέσαμεν την εικόνα του χοϊκού φορεσόμεν και την εικόνα του επουρανίου
James 2:3
- KJV: And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him Sit thou here in a good place and say to the poor Stand thou there or sit here under my footstool
- GK: και επιβλέψητε επί τον φορούντα την εσθήτα την λαμπράν και είπητε αυτώ συ κάθου ώδε καλώς και τω πτωχώ είπητε συ στήθι εκεί η κάθου ώδε υπό του υποπόδιόν