Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Read in context →And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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nâsâʼ · naw-saw'
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Strong's KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.
Strong's first: Genesis 4:13Strong's last: Zechariah 6:13
Open full H5375 profile →yâlad · yaw-lad'
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Strong's KJV usage: bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Strong's first: Genesis 16:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 29:6
Open full H3205 profile →martyréō · mar-too-reh'-o
to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.
Strong's first: Luke 11:48Strong's last: Colossians 4:13
Open full G3140 profile →bastázō · bas-tad'-zo
to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, carry, take up.
Strong's first: Matthew 3:11Strong's last: Revelation 2:2
Open full G941 profile →dôb · dobe
the bear (as slow)
Strong's KJV usage: bear.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:34Strong's last: Amos 5:19
Open full H1677 profile →aírō · ah'-ee-ro
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin
Strong's KJV usage: :--away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Strong's first: Matthew 4:6Strong's last: Luke 4:11
Open full G142 profile →phérō · fer'-o
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
Strong's first: Luke 23:26Strong's last: John 15:8
Open full G5342 profile →ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 19:30Strong's last: Hosea 9:16
Open full H6213 profile →anéchomai · an-ekh'-om-ahee
to hold oneself up against, i.e. (figuratively) put up with
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear with, endure, forbear, suffer.
Strong's first: Acts 18:14Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:1
Open full G430 profile →poiéō · poy-eh'-o
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.
Strong's first: Luke 13:9Strong's last: James 3:12
Open full G4160 profile →pseudomartyréō · psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o
to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence
Strong's KJV usage: :--be a false witness.
Strong's first: Mark 10:19Strong's last: Luke 18:20
Open full G5576 profile →çâbal · saw-bal'
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
Strong's KJV usage: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
Strong's first: Genesis 49:15Strong's last: Isaiah 53:11
Open full H5445 profile →ʻânâh · aw-naw'
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Strong's first: Exodus 20:16Strong's last: Deuteronomy 5:20
Open full H6030 profile →anaphérō · an-af-er'-o
to take up (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, bring (carry, lead) up, offer (up).
Strong's first: Hebrews 9:28Strong's last: Hebrews 9:28
Open full G399 profile →árktos · ark'-tos
a bear (as obstructing by ferocity)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear.
Strong's first: Revelation 13:2Strong's last: Revelation 13:2
Open full G715 profile →gennáō · ghen-nah'-o
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Strong's first: Luke 1:13Strong's last: Luke 1:13
Open full G1080 profile →makrothyméō · mak-roth-oo-meh'-o
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear (suffer) long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be patient, patiently endure.
Strong's first: Luke 18:7Strong's last: Luke 18:7
Open full G3114 profile →hypophérō · hoop-of-er'-o
to bear from underneath, i.e. (figuratively) to undergo hardship
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, endure.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 10:13Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:13
Open full G5297 profile →phoréō · for-eh'-o
to have a burden, i.e. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, wear.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 15:49Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:49
Open full G5409 profile →bâsar · baw-sar'
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news)
Strong's KJV usage: messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 18:19Strong's last: 2 Samuel 18:19
Open full H1319 profile →dôb · dobe
Strong's KJV usage: bear.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:5Strong's last: Daniel 7:5
Open full H1678 profile →yâlak · yaw-lak'
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Strong's KJV usage: × again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.
Strong's first: Zechariah 5:10Strong's last: Zechariah 5:10
Open full H3212 profile →yâtsâʼ · yaw-tsaw'
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Strong's KJV usage: × after, appear, × assuredly, bear out, × begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, × scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, × still, × surely, take forth (out), at any time, × to (and fro), utter.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 46:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:20
Open full H3318 profile →kûwl · kool
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Strong's KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Strong's first: Amos 7:10Strong's last: Amos 7:10
Open full H3557 profile →nᵉṭîyl · net-eel'
laden
Strong's KJV usage: that bear.
Strong's first: Zephaniah 1:11Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:11
Open full H5187 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
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BEAR, verb transitive preterit tense bore; participle passive born, borne. [Latin fero, pario, porto. The primary sense is to throw out, to bring forth, or in general, to thrust or drive along. ]
1. To support; to sustain; as, to bear a weight or burden.
2. To carry; to convey; to support and remove from place to place; as, 'they bear him upon the shoulder; ', 'the eagle beareth them on her wings.'
3. To wear; to bear as a mark of authority or distinction; as, to bear a sword, a badge, a name; to bear arms in a coat.
4. To keep afloat; as, the water bears a ship.
5. To support or sustain without sinking or yielding; to endure; as, a man can bear severe pain or calamity; or to sustain with proportionate strength, and without injury; as, a man may bear stronger food or drink.
6. To entertain; to carry in the mind; as, to bear a great love for a friend; to bear inveterate hatred to gaming.
7. To suffer; to undergo; as, to bear punishment.
8. To suffer without resentment, or interference to prevent; to have patience; as, to bear neglect or indignities.
9. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change; as, to give words the most favorable interpretation they will bear
10. To bring forth or produce, as the fruit of plants, or the young of animals; as, to bear apples; to bear children.
11. To give birth to, or be the native place of.
Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore.
12. To possess and use as power; to exercise; as, to bear sway.
13. To gain or win.
Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. [Not now used. The phrase now used is, to bear away.]
14. To carry on, or maintain; to have; as, to bear a part in conversation.
15. To show or exhibit; to relate; as, to bear testimony or witness. This seems to imply utterance, like the Latin fero, to relate or utter.
16. To sustain the effect, or be answerable for; as, to bear the blame.
17. To sustain, as expense; to supply the means of paying; as, to bear the charges, that is, to pay the expenses.
18. To be the object of.
Let me but bear your love, and I'll bear your cares.
19. To behave; to act in any character; as, 'hath he borne himself penitent?'
20. To remove, or to endure the effects of; and hence to give satisfaction for.
He shall bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:11. Hebrews 9:28.
To bear the infirmities of the weak, to bear one another's burdens, is to be charitable towards their faults, to sympathize with them, and to aid them in distress.
To bear off, is to restrain; to keep from approach; and in seamanship, to remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against any thing; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat; also, to carry away; as, to bear off stolen goods.
To bear down, is to impel or urge; to overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy.
To bear down upon, to press to overtake; to make all sail to come up with.
To bear hard, is to press or urge.
Cesar doth bear me hard.
To bear on, is to press against; also to carry forward, to press, incite or animate.
Confidence hath borne thee on.
To bear through, is to conduct or manage; as, 'to bear through the consulship.' B.Jonson. Also, to maintain or support to the end; as, religion will bear us through the evils of life.
To bear out, is to maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing.
To bear up, to support; to keep from falling.
Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings.
To bear up, to keep afloat.
To bear a body. A color is said to bear a body in painting, when it is capable of being ground so fine, and mixed so entirely with the oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. To bear date, is to have the mark of time when written or executed; as, a letter or bond bears date, Jan.6, 1811.
To bear a price, is to have a certain price. In common mercantile language, it often signifies or implies, to bear a good or high price.
To bear in hand, to amuse with false pretenses; to deceive.
I believe this phrase is obsolete, or never used in America.
To bear a hand, in seamanship, is to make haste, be quick.
BEAR, verb intransitive To suffer, as with pain.
But man is born to bear
This is unusual in prose; and though admissible, is rendered intransitive, merely by the omission of pain, or other word expressive of evil.
1. To be patient; to endure.
I cannot, cannot bear
2. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
This age to blossom, and the next to bear
Here fruit must be understood.
3. To take effect; to succeed; as, to bring matters to bear
4. To act in any character.
Instruct me how I may bear like a true friar.
5. To be situated as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bore E, nounE. from the ship.
6. To bear away, in navigation, is to change the course of a ship, when close hauled, or sailing with a side wind, and make her run before the wind. To bear up, is used in a like sense, from the act of bearing up the helm to the windward.
Hence, perhaps, in other cases, the expression may be used to denote tending or moving from.
7. To bear down, is to drive or tend to; to approach with a fair wind; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy.
8. To bear in, is to run or tend towards; as, a ship bears in with the land; opposed to bear off, or keeping at a greater distance.
9. To bear up, is to tend or move towards; as, to bear up to one another; also, to be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions.
10. To bear upon, or against, is to lean
upon or against; to act on as weight or force, in any direction, as a column upon its base, or the sides of two inclining objects against each other.
11. To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, 'a lion bears against his prey.'
12. To bear upon, to act upon; as, the artillery bore upon the center; or to be pointed or situated so as to affect; as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort, or a ship.
13. To bear with, to endure what is unpleasing; to be indulgent; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.
Reason would I should bear with you. Acts 18:14.
Shall not God avenge his elect, though he bear long with them? Luke 18:7.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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