1. carry away, take away, lead off — To carry away, transport, or lead off from one place to another. Covers the full range of NT uses: (1) the angel carrying John away in the Spirit to see Babylon and the New Jerusalem (Rev 17:3, 21:10), (2) soldiers leading Jesus away to Pilate (Mark 15:1), (3) angels carrying Lazarus to Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22), (4) Paul's handkerchiefs and aprons being carried from his body to the sick (Acts 19:12), and (5) approved persons carrying the Corinthian collection to Jerusalem (1 Cor 16:3). Cross-linguistically uniform across active and passive voices: Ger 'wegtragen,' Fra 'emporter,' Spa 'llevar,' Arb 'hamalani/akhadhuhu' (carried me/took him), Heb 'nasa'ani/holikh/huval' (carried/led/was-brought), Kor 'deryeogatda/kkeulgo-gaseo/unbandoeotda' (took away/dragged off/was carried), Hin 'le-gaya/le-jaya-gaya.' All occurrences share the single core meaning of conveyance or transport, with active, passive, and middle forms being purely voice-driven rather than semantically distinct. 6×
AR["أَخَذُوهُ","حَمَلَني","حُمِلَ","كَانَتْ-تُحْمَلُ","لِيَحْمِلُوا"]·ben["নিয়ে-গেল","নিয়ে-গেলেন","নিয়ে-যাওয়া-হত","বহন-করতে","বহন-করলেন","বহন-করা-হল"]·DE["wegtragen","ἀπενεχθῆναι","ἀποφέρεσθαι"]·EN["he-carried-away","led-away","to-be-carried","to-carry"]·FR["emporter"]·heb["הוֹלִיכַנִי","הוֹלִיכוּ","הוּבְאוּ","הוּבָל","לְ-הָבִיא","נָשְׂאַנִי"]·HI["ले-गए","ले-गया","ले-जाए-जाते-थे","ले-जाने-को","ले-जाया-गया"]·ID["dibawa","ia-membawa","membawa","membawa-pergi"]·IT["apēnegken","portare-via"]·jav["dipun-bekta","kula-kabeta","mbekta","mbeta","piyambakipun-mbeta","sami-ngirid"]·KO["가지고-가도록","그가-데려갔다","끌고-가서","데려갔으니","옮겼다","운반되었다"]·PT["levaram","levou","ser-levado","serem-levados"]·RU["выносились","отнести","отнесён-быть","увели","унёс"]·ES["llevar","llevaron","llevarse","llevó","me-llevó","ser-llevado"]·SW["akanichukua","kupeleka","kupelekwa","wakampeleka"]·TR["götürdü","götürdüler","taşımaya","taşınmak","taşınması"]·urd["لے-جاتے-تھے","لے-جانا","لے-جانے-کو","لے-گئے","لے-گیا","لے-گیا-اُس-نے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀποφέρω, Refs 8th c.BC+future -οίσω (Doric dialect __A -οισῶRefs 5th c.BC+, middle -οίσομαιRefs 3rd c.BC+aorist ἀπένεικα: Attic dialect aorist -ήνεγκαRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist 2 -ήνεγκονRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect -ενήνοχαRefs 4th c.BC+:—carry off or away, τεύχεα δέ σφ᾽ ἀπένεικανRefs 8th c.BC+; of a wind, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a disease, NT+5th c.BC+:—passive, to be carried from one's course, ὑπ᾽…