fech ( לקח , lāḳaḥ ): Has generally the meaning of "to bring"; it is commonly the translation of Hebrew lāḳaḥ , "to take" or "lay hold of," Hoph. "to be brought, seized or snatched away" (Genesis 18:4 , etc.; Genesis 27:9 , etc.; Genesis 42:16; 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Kings 17:10 , etc.); twice of nāsā' , "to lift up" (2 Chronicles 12:11 , the American Standard Revised Version "bare"; Job 36:3 ); of bō' , "to come in" (2 Chronicles 1:17; Nehemiah 8:15 ); of ‛ālāh , "to cause to come up" (1 Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 7:1 ); of yācā' , "to cause to come out" (Numbers 20:10 , the American Standard Revised Version "bring forth"; Jeremiah 26:23 ), and of a number of other words.
In the New Testament it is the translation of exágō , "to lead out" (Acts 16:37 , "Let them come themselves and fetch us out," the Revised Version (British and American) "bring"); "to fetch a compass" is the translation of ṣabhabh (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:3 , the Revised Version (British and American) "turn," "turned about"; 2 Samuel 5:23 , the Revised Version (British and American) "make a circuit"; 2 Kings 3:9 , the Revised Version (British and American) "made a circuit"); of periérchomai (aor. 2, periḗlthon ), "to go about," "to wander up and down" (of a ship driven about; Acts 28:13 , the Revised Version (British and American) "made a circuit," margin "some ancient authorities read cast loose ").
The Revised Version (British and American) has "fetch" for "bring" (1 Kings 3:24 ), for "call for" (Acts 10:5; Acts 11:13 ); "fetched" for "called for" (Esther 5:10 ), for "took out" (Jeremiah 37:17 ); "fetched" for "took" (2 Chronicles 8:18 ).
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