Words the Bible translates as carry
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nasaנָשָׂאto carry or bear a load: to hold up what has been lifted and move it
+3 more meanings
- to lift or raise something up: to take it from where it rests and hold it higher
- to bear guilt or its punishment: to carry the weight of a wrong
- to forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- bastazōβαστάζωto bear the weight of something: to carry, lift, or hold it up
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
+2 more meanings
- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- to be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
- yavalיָבַלto lead, conduct, or carry someone or something to a destination, often in solemn or ceremonial procession
- savalסָבַלto bear a heavy load: to take a weight onto your own shoulders or back and go on holding it up
- amasעָמַסto load: to pile a weight onto a back, or to take that weight up and carry it
- peripherōπεριφέρωto carry (around)not studied yet
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