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G4064 περιφέρω (periphérō)
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Quick Definition

περιφέρω v. I carry around, am driven to and fro

Strong's Definition

from 4012 and 5342; to convey around, i.e. transport hither and thither

KJV Usage: bear (carry) about

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | φέρω

15.190 · Linear Movement · Carry, Bear

to carry around, to carry about to carry around from one place to another

MRK 6:55 · 2CO 4:10 · EPH 4:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περι-φέρω ; pres. pass. περιφέρομαι; fr. Hdt. down; to carry round: to bear about everywhere with one, ri, 2 Co. iv. 10; to carry hither and thither, τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας, Mk. vi. 55 (where the Evangelist wishes us to conceive of the sick as brought to Jesus while he is travelling about and visiting different places); pass. to be driven [A. V. carried] about: παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκα-

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περιφέρω peripherō 3x

to bear or carry about, Mk. 6:55; 2 Cor. 4:10; pass. to be borne about hither and thither, driven to and fro, Eph. 4:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

περι-φέρω,

[in LXX: Ec 7:8 (7) (הלל po.), al.;]

to carry about: Mk 6:55, II Co 4:10. Pass., metaph.: Eph 4:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιφέρω. With περιφέρω, ‘carry about,” in 2 Cor 412, cf. P Oxy XIV. 16647 (iii/A.D.) [[a]]raca yap ἡμῶν ἡ ἡλικία ἐν τοῖς στέρνοις σε περιφέρει, ‘for our whole youth carries you in their hearts’’—a friendly letter to a gymnasiarch. In Sy// 803 (= ὃ 1169)® (c. B.C. 320) it is said of a man blinded in battle—tay Adyxav [ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν τῶι] προσώπωι περιέφερε. For the adj. see M. Anton. i. 15 τὸ κρατεῖν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ κατὰ μηδὲν περίφορον εἶναι, ‘‘self-mastery and stability of purpose” (Haines). P Tebt I. 12!7 (B.c. 118) περιφορὰν δὲ δὸς Διονυσίωι χάζιξριν τῆς εὐθυμετρίας is rendered by the editors, ‘* give the turn-table (Ὁ) to Dionysius for the survey ”’ cf. Eccles 212 & A, where περιφορά = ‘‘error.’’ Περιφέρεια in its literal sense of ‘‘ circumference” is found in the plur. in Pretsighe 358} (iii/B.c.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

περιφέρω (peripherō) — to carry (around). περιφέρω, carry round, τὸν ὀϊστὸν περιέφερε κατὰ πᾶσαν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; carry about with one, [Refs]; παῖδ᾽ ἀγκάλαισι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀκλαδίαν probably in [Refs] —passive, with accusative loci, περιενειχθέντος τοῦ λέοντος τὸ τεῖχος being carried round the wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+] swinging about (in a basket), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. move round, π. τὸν πόδα bring the foot round in mounting a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hand round at table, [Refs]; τὸ βλέμμα π. εἰς τοὺς παρόντας [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. turn round, τὴν κεφαλήν [Refs] —middle, τὰ σκέλη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b in Tactics, wheel, τοῦ συντάγματος περιενεχθέντος [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. c intransitive, turn round, ὡς ὁ στεφὼν περιφέρει κύκλῳ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

4. carry round, publish, make known, π. τι πανταχόσε [Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, τοῦ Πιττακοῦ.. περιεφέρετο τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα was passed from mouth to mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person, περιενεχθῆναι εὐνοίᾳ καὶ θαυμασθῆναι παρὰ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις [Refs 1st c.BC+]

5. carry to and fro, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

6. bring round in the end, determine, reduce, subject, περιήνεγκεν εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὰς Ἀθήνας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰς συμφορὰς π. [Refs 1st c.AD+], compare 546c:—passive, ἐς Ῥωμαίους πάντα περιηνέχθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. carry round or back (in memory), οὔτε μέμνημαι τὸ πρῆγμα οὔτε με περιφέρει οὐδὲν εἰδέναι τούτων nor does any of these things carry me back to the knowledge of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

8. turn round, make dizzy, turn mad, ἡ συκοφαντία π. σοφόν [LXX]:—passive, to be turned giddy, - φερόμενος τῷ μεγέθει τῶν τολμωμένων [Refs 1st c.AD+]

9. transfer, refer, shift, τὴν ἀπορίαν ἐς τοὺς δικαστάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. intransitive, survive, endure, hold out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with accusative, survive, outlast, ἡμέραν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. come round, recover, ἐκ τῆς νόσου [Refs 5th c.AD+]

III. passive, go round, rotate, ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κύκλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἴσῳ χρόνῳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of argument, εἰς ταὐτὸ π. ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. wander about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be unstable, ἡ περιφερομένη εἱμαρμένη [Refs]; περιφερόμενοι τύπτουσι at random, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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