Word Summary
peripherō: to carry about
Original Word: περιφέρωTransliteration: peripherō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-fer'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to carry about
Meaning: to carry about
Strong's Concordance
carry about.
From peri and phero; to convey around, i.e. Transport hither and thither -- bear (carry) about.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK phero
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4064: περιφέρωπεριφέρω; present passive
περιφέρομαι; from
Herodotus down;
to carry round: to bear about everywhere with one,
τί,
2 Corinthians 4:10; to carry hither and thither,
τούς κακῶς ἔχοντας,
Mark 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,
Ephesians 4:14. In
Hebrews 13:9 and
Jude 1:12 for
περιφερ( editors from Griesbach on have restored
παραφερ(.