περιφέρω
periphérō · G4064 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
-
to carry around, to carry about
To carry around from one place to another
ExamplesMark 6:55 and ran about that entire country and began carrying here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to wherever they heard He was.
2 Corinthians 4:10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Ephesians 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
- νέκρωσιςdeath, barrenness 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐνin+ κυβείαtrickery 1
- ἐνin+ σῶμαbody 1
- ἐπίon+ κράββατοςcot 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πάντοτεalways 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄρχωto be first 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 2 words
- περιάγω periágō · G4013 · to travel about, to wander about, to take along
- Greek verb with the same περι- prefix indicating circular or varied motion; while περιάγω emphasizes leading/going around and περιφέρω emphasizes carrying/bearing around, they overlap semantically in contexts of moving something or someone from place to place
- βαστάζω bastázō · G941 · to carry, to bear, to remove
- General Greek verb for carrying/bearing; lacks the 'around' (περί) nuance of περιφέρω but overlaps in the core sense of transporting or conveying something. βαστάζω emphasizes the bearing or lifting action itself, while περιφέρω emphasizes movement around or about.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To carry around, to carry about15.190
- περιφέρω describes transporting something from place to place. Paul describes the apostles' constant exposure to suffering: “always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:10).
Word family 31 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon present passive περιφέρομαι; from Herodotus down; to carry round: to bear about…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.