"to bear or carry away, conduct away, Mk. 15:1; Lk. 16:22; Acts 19:12; 1 Cor. 16:3; Rev. 17:3; 21:10*"
Definition and meaning
to bear or carry away, conduct away, Mk. 15:1; Lk. 16:22; Acts 19:12; 1 Cor. 16:3; Rev. 17:3; 21:10*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀποφέρω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of apophero (G667) across the King James Bible.
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
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Common questions
Strong's G667 (apophero) is a Greek word that means: to bear or carry away, conduct away, Mk. 15:1; Lk. 16:22; Acts 19:12; 1 Cor. 16:3; Rev. 17:3; 21:10* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word apophero (G667) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G667 is apophero, a Greek word defined as: to bear or carry away, conduct away, Mk. 15:1; Lk. 16:22; Acts 19:12; 1 Cor. 16:3; Rev. 17:3; 21:10*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
apophero is a Greek word found in the New Testament.