"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*"
Definition and meaning
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*
In the original Greek the word is written: περιφέρω
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 periphero (G4064) across the King James Bible.
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Common questions
Strong's G4064 (periphero) is a Greek word that means: 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* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word periphero (G4064) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4064 is periphero, a Greek word defined as: 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*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
periphero is a Greek word found in the New Testament.