"to bear, or carry," is used also of "bearing or bringing forth fruit," Mar 4:8, Joh 15:5, etc. To bring is the most frequent meaning. See BEAR, CARRY, DRIVE, ENDURE, GO, LEAD, MOVE, REACH, RUSHING, UPHOLD. Compounds of No. 1, translated by the verb "to bring," are as follows:
denotes "to bring up," Mat 17:1. See BEAR, No. 3. "to carry forth," is rendered "bring," in the AV of 1Co 16:3, Act 19:12 (RV, "carried away"); some mss. have epiphero here. See CARRY. denotes "to bring to," Act 17:20; "to bring into," Luk 1:5-19, 1Ti 6:7, Heb 13:11. See LEAD, No. 11. "to bring forth." See BEAR, No. 4. signifies (a) "to bring upon, or to bring against," Jud 1:9; (b) "to impose, inflict, visit upon," Rom 3:5. Some mss. have it in Act 25:18 (for No. 1); some in Phi 1:16 (RV, Phi 1:17, "raise up," translating egeiro). denotes "to bring forth," Luk 6:45, twice. means (a) "to bring (in addition)," Mat 25:20; "to bring unto," Mat 5:23 (RV, "art offering"); Mar 10:13; (b) "to offer," Mat 5:24. See DEAL WITH, DO, OFFER, PRESENT, PUT. "to bring together," has this meaning in Act 19:19. See BETTER (be), EXPEDIENT, GOOD, PROFIT. "to lead, to lead along, to bring," has the meaning "to bring" (besides its occurrences in the Gospels and Acts) in 1Th 4:14, 2Ti 4:11, Heb 2:10. See CARRY, GO, KEEP, LEAD. *Compounds of this verb are: "to lead or bring up to," Luk 2:22, Act 9:39 etc.; "to bring forth," Act 12:4; "to bring again," Heb 13:20; "to bring up again," Rom 10:7. See DEPART, LAUNCH, LEAD, LOOSE, OFFER, TAKE UP, SAIL. "to lead away, bring forth, bring unto," Act 23:17. See CARRY, DEATH, LEAD, TAKE. "to bring in, into," Luk 2:27 etc. See LEAD. "to lead out, bring forth," Act 5:19, Act 7:36, Act 7:40 etc. See FETCH, LEAD. "to bring upon," Act 5:28, 2Pe 2:1, 2Pe 2:5. "to bring down," Act 9:30, Act 22:30, Act 23:15, Act 23:20, Rom 10:6; "to bring forth," Act 23:28; of boats, "to bring to land," Luk 5:11. See LAND, TOUCH. "to bring in privily" (lit., "to bring in beside"), "to introduce secretly," 2Pe 2:1. "to bring or lead forth," e.g., Act 12:6, Act 16:30, Act 25:26. See GO, No. 10. "to bring to, or unto," Act 16:20, 1Pe 3:18. For Act 27:27 see DRAW, (B), No. 3. *Other verbs are: usually, "to receive, to bring in," Luk 7:37. See RECEIVE. usually, "to offer, furnish, supply" (lit., "to have near"), "to bring, in the sense of supplying," Act 16:16, Act 19:24. See DO, GIVE, KEEP, MINISTER, OFFER, SHEW, TROUBLE. "to turn, or put, back," is translated "brought back" in Mat 27:3. See PERVERT, PUT, TURN. in the Active Voice, "to cause to go down," is used in the Passive in the sense of "being brought down," Luk 10:15 (AV, "thrust down"); "go down" in Mat 11:23 (marg., "be brought down"). rendered "brought" in Act 19:33. "to send forth, to bring on one's way," Act 15:3, Act 20:38, RV; Act 21:5, Rom 15:24, 1Co 16:6, 1Co 16:11, 2Co 1:16, Tit 3:13, 3Jo 1:6. See ACCOMPANY, CONDUCT. "to bud, spring up," translated "brought forth" (i.e., "caused to produce"), in Jam 5:18. See BUD, SPRING. "to make, to do," used of the bringing forth of fruit, Mat 3:8, Mat 3:10, Mat 1:7-18. See DO. "to cast out," used of bringing forth good and evil things from the heart, Mat 12:35. See CAST, No. 5. "to beget, bring forth," Mat 1:21, Mat 1:23, Mat 1:25, Jam 1:15 (first part of verse, according to the best mss.); Rev 12:5 (RV, "was delivered of"). See BEGET, BORN, DELIVER. "to bear young," "bringeth forth" in Jam 1:15 (end of verse) and "brought forth," Jam 1:18 (AV, "begat"). See BEGET. "to beget," translated "brought forth" in Luk 1:57. See BEGET, A, No. 1. "to bear well, be productive," "brought forth plentifully," Luk 12:16. Cp. karpophoreo, Mar 4:20, RV "bear;" so, Col 1:6. "to rear, bring up," Luk 4:16. See FEED, NOURISH. "to nourish," Act 1:7-21; "brought up," Act 22:3. "to nourish," Eph 5:29; "bring up," Eph 6:4, AV; RV, "nurture." See NURTURE. "to announce," is translated "bring word" in Mat 2:8, RV (the AV unnecessarily adds "again"); Mat 28:8. See DECLARE, REPORT, SHEW, TELL. lit., "a bringing in besides," is translated "a bringing in thereupon" in Heb 7:19. Notes: (1) In Mar 4:21, erchomai, "to come," is translated "is brought," lit., "(does a lamp) come." (2) In Mar 13:9, the verb translated "be brought," AV, is histemi, "to stand" (RV); in Act 27:24, paristemi, "to stand before" (AV, "be brought before"). (3) In Act 5:36, ginomai, "to become," is rendered "came (to nought)," RV, for AV, "were brought." So in 1Co 15:54, "come to pass," for "shall be brought to pass." (4) In Mar 4:29, paradidomi is rendered "is ripe," RV and AV marg., for AV, "brought forth." (5) In Mat 1:1-12, Mat 1:17, metoikesia signifies "a removal, or carrying away" (not "they were brought," Mat 1:12, AV). (6) In Act 13:1, suntrophos denotes "a foster-brother," RV (AV, marg.). (7) In 1Co 4:17, for "bring you into rememberance" (RV, "put ...), see REMEMERANCE. (8) In Luk 1:19, for RV, "bring you good tidings," and Act 13:32, Rom 10:15 (end), see PREACH. (9) In 1Co 1:19, atheteo, "to reject" (RV), is rendered "bring to nothing" (AV). See DESPISE, Note (1). (10) For katargeo, "bring to nought," RV, "destroy," 1Co 6:13, etc., see ABOLISH, DESTROY. (11) For eipon in Mat 2:13, AV, "bring ... word," see TELL. (12) See also DESOLATION, No. 1, PERFECTION, B. (13) For "bring into bondage" see BONDAGE, B. (14) In Mat 16:8 some mss. have lambano (AV, "ye have brought").
