From peri (around) and pherō (to carry). To carry about, to bear from place to place. Used of carrying the sick to Jesus and of being tossed about by false doctrine.
People 'carried about' the sick on mats to wherever Jesus was (Mark 6:55). Paul warns against being 'carried about' by every wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14). The contrast is powerful: being carried to Jesus brings healing; being carried by false teaching brings destruction. The question is always: who or what is carrying you, and where?