Thayer's
STRONGS NT 5409: φορέωφορέω,
φορῶ; future
φορέσω (
1 Corinthians 15:49 R G WH marginal reading); 1 aorist
ἐφορεσα (later forms for the earlier
φορήσω and
ἐφόρησα, cf. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 315; Kühner (and especially
Veitch) under the word;
Winers Grammar, § 13, 3{c}; (
Buttmann, 37 (32))); (frequent. of
φέρω, and differing from it by denoting not the simple and transient act of bearing, but a continuous or habitual bearing; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 585f; Hermann on
Sophocles Electr. 715; (
Trench, § lviii.;
Schmidt, chapter 105, 6); accordingly,
ἀγγελιην φέρειν means 'to carry a (single) message',
Herodotus 3, 53 and 122;
ἀγγελιην φορηιν, 'to serve as (fill the office of) a messenger',
Herodotus 3, 34; hence, we are said
φόρειν those things which we carry about with us or wear, as e. g. our clothing); from
Homer down;
to bear constantly, wear: of clothing, garments, armor, etc.,
Matthew 11:8;
John 19:5;
Romans 13:4 (on this last passage, see
μάχαιρα, 2);
1 Corinthians 15:49 (see above, and
WH. Introductory § 404);
James 2:3 (Sir. 11:5 Sir. 40:4).