φέρω
[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא. hi., also for נשׂא, etc.;]
to bear;
1. to bear, carry: c. acc, Lk 23:2624:1, Jo 19:39, He 1:3 (v. Westc., in l.); pass., Ac 2:227:15, 17He 6:1, II Pe 1:17, 18; of the mind, II Pe 1:21.
2. to bear, endure: c. acc. rei, He 12:2013:13; c. acc pers., Ro 9:22.
3. to bring, bring forward: c. acc. pers., Ac 5:16; id. seq. πρός, Mk 1:322:39:17, 19, 20; ἐπί, Lk 5:18; c. dat., Mk 7:328:22; c. acc. rei, Mk 6:2711:212:15, Lk 15:23, Ac 4:34, 375:2, II Ti 4:13; id. seq. πρός, Mk 11:7; εἰς, Re 21:24, 26; ἐπί, Mt 14:11, Mk 6:28; ἀπό, Jo 21:10; c. dat., Mk 12:15, Jo 2:8; id. seq. ὧδε, Mt 14:1817:17; seq. φαγεῖν (sc. τι), Jo 4:33; τ. δάκτυλον (χεῖρα), Jo 20:27; pass., ἡ χάρις, I Pe 1:13; διδαχήν, II Jo 10; θάνατον (cf. Field, Notes, 230), He 9:16; κρίσιν, II Pe 2:11; κατηγορίαν, Jo 18:29; αἰτίαν, Ac 25:18; αἰτιώματα, ib. 7, Rec.
4. to bear, produce, bring forth: καρπόν, Mt 7:18, Mk 4:8, Jo 12:2415:2, 4, 5, 8, 16.
5. to bring, lead: Mk 15:22, Jo 21:18, Ac 14:13; metaph., of a gate (ὁδός, cl.), Seq. εἰς, Ac 12:10
(cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, παρ-εισ-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-φέρω).†
SYN: φορέω, which expresses habitual and continuous bearing as distinct from (φέρω) that which is accidental and temporary (cf. Mt 11:8, al., s.v. φορέω, and v. Tr., Syn., § lviii)