Periphero describes carrying something about or being carried about, in bodily bearing, moving the sick, and instability.

The attested uses chiefly show active carrying about: believers bear the death of Jesus in their bodies and people move the sick on pallets. A passive use depicts being carried about by every wind of doctrine.

1. Actively bearing or moving something about · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 4:10, the present active participle occurs in the clause about carrying about in the body the death of Jesus; the APB renders the clause "Always carrying about in the body the death of Jesus." In Mark 6:55, the present active infinitive occurs where people begin moving the sick on pallets; the APB renders "began to carry the sick around on their pallets."

   2 Corinthians 4:10Mark 6:55
2. Being carried about by an influence · occasional

   In Ephesians 4:14, the present passive participle occurs in the description of children carried about by every wind of doctrine; the APB renders "tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine."

   Ephesians 4:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the active forms as "carrying about" and "carry the sick around," while the passive form is rendered "carried about." These renderings confirm the clauses' overall movement and bearing imagery rather than isolate every contribution of the term.