Greek verb · G5409
φορέω
phoreofor-eh'-o
to wear
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phoréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5409is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5409
to have a burden, i.e. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment
The King James renders it: bear, wear.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phoreo is rendered "to wear". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:8Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
Matthew 11:8φοροῦντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wearing3
- he bears1
- we have born1
- we will bear1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐφορέσαμεν1
- φορεῖ1
- φορέσομεν1
- φοροῦντα1
- φοροῦντες1
- φορῶν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-FAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Matthew
one use
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
- φοροῦντεςphorountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wearing
John
one use
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
- φορῶνphoronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wearing
Romans
one use
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- φορεῖphoreiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he bears
1 Corinthians
two uses
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
- ἐφορέσαμενephoresamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have born
- φορέσομενphoresomenverb · future active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will bear
James
one use
If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
- φοροῦνταphorountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: wearing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.