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verb

Greekπεριφέρω (periferō)
Biblang

periferamō

Strong’sG4064

I carry around, am driven to and fro

stem perifer-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4064 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-fer'-o

to convey around, i.e. transport hither and thither

Fromfrom G4012 and G5342;

King Jamesbear (carry) about.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

carried about1×carry1×carrying about1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
periferarōπεριφέρεινhappening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitivecarry1×
periferarōntoisπεριφέροντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculinecarrying about1×
periferorōntoisπεριφερόμενοιhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculinecarried about1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularperiferamōperiferameperiferamiperiferamaperiferamēperiferamelē
you 2nd person singularperiferasōperiferaseperiferasiperiferasaperiferasēperiferaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferatōperiferateperiferatiperiferataperiferatēperiferatelē
we 1st person pluralperiferanōperiferaneperiferaniperiferanaperiferanēperiferanelē
ye 2nd person pluralperiferavōperiferaveperiferaviperiferavaperiferavēperiferavelē
they 3rd person pluralperiferalōperiferaleperiferaliperiferalaperiferalēperiferalelē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularperiferomōperiferomeperiferomēperiferomelē
you 2nd person singularperiferosōperiferoseperiferosēperiferoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferotōperiferoteperiferotēperiferotelē
we 1st person pluralperiferonōperiferoneperiferonēperiferonelē
ye 2nd person pluralperiferovōperiferoveperiferovēperiferovelē
they 3rd person pluralperiferolōperiferoleperiferolēperiferolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularperiferameiōperiferameiaperiferameiē
you 2nd person singularperiferaseiōperiferaseiaperiferaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferateiōperiferateiaperiferateiē
we 1st person pluralperiferaneiōperiferaneiaperiferaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralperiferaveiōperiferaveiaperiferaveiē
they 3rd person pluralperiferaleiōperiferaleiaperiferaleiē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularperiferomeiōperiferomeiē
you 2nd person singularperiferoseiōperiferoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferoteiōperiferoteiē
we 1st person pluralperiferoneiōperiferoneiē
ye 2nd person pluralperiferoveiōperiferoveiē
they 3rd person pluralperiferoleiōperiferoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularperiferasōrperiferasarperiferasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferatōrperiferatarperiferatēr
ye 2nd person pluralperiferavōrperiferavarperiferavēr
they 3rd person pluralperiferalōrperiferalarperiferalēr

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularperiferosōrperiferosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferotōrperiferotēr
ye 2nd person pluralperiferovōrperiferovēr
they 3rd person pluralperiferolōrperiferolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularperiferamoiōperiferamoia
you 2nd person singularperiferasoiōperiferasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferatoiōperiferatoia
we 1st person pluralperiferanoiōperiferanoia
ye 2nd person pluralperiferavoiōperiferavoia
they 3rd person pluralperiferaloiōperiferaloia

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularperiferomoiō
you 2nd person singularperiferosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularperiferotoiō
we 1st person pluralperiferonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralperiferovoiō
they 3rd person pluralperiferoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceperiferarō1×περιφέρεινperiferariperiferaraperiferarē
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceperiferorōperiferorē
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceperiferarōntos1×periferarintosperiferarantosperiferarēntos
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceperiferorōntos1×periferorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
periferstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

perifer is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

periferarō“carry”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Mark 6:55“carry”… epi toi krabattoi toin kakōs echarōntoin periferarō hopou akouale hoti atō.… region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

periferarōntois“carrying about”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

2 Corinthians 4:10“carrying about”… nekrōsian tou Iēsu en te sōme periferarōntois, hina kai tas zōas tou Iēsu …… carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed …

periferorōntois“carried about”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

Ephesians 4:14“carried about”hina mēketi aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizorōntois kai periferorōntois panto anemo tau didaskaliau en ta …Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning …