Carry
Carry [1]
kar´i ( נשא , nāsā ), נהג , nāhagh ): The English Versions of the Bible rendering of a number of Hebrew and Greek words, and it has several shades of meaning, of which the following are the most important:
(1) "To take up," "to bear," "to transport from one place to another," as, "to carry away handkerchiefs" ( Acts 19:12 ), "to carry a corpse" ( Genesis 50:13 ), and "to be carried away by the wind" ( Daniel 2:35 ).
(2) "To cause to go" or "come," "to lead," "to drive" as, "to be carried away to Babylon" ( 2 Kings 20:17 ), "to be carried" away to Pilate" ( Mark 15:1 ), "to carry away cattle" ( Genesis 31:18 ), and "to carry daughters" ( Genesis 31:26 ).
(3) "To uphold," or "sustain," "and even to hoar hairs will I carry you" ( Isaiah 46:4 ).
(4) "To bear," or "endure," as, "to carry sorrows" ( Isaiah 53:4 ).
(5) "To overwhelm," "to bear away," "to destroy," as, "to carry away as with a flood" ( Psalm 90:5 ).
(6) "To influence," "to move," as, "to carry away with dissimulation" ( Galatians 2:13 ), "to carry away with error" ( 2 Peter 3:17 ), "to be carried away by strange teachings" ( Hebrews 13:9 ).
