προσάγω
proságō · G4317 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to lead before, to bring into the presence of, to bring to
To bring or lead into the presence of someone
ExamplesLuke 9:41 And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
Acts 16:20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
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to move toward, to approach, to come near to
To move toward a reference point, with a possible implication in certain contexts of a reciprocal relationship between the person approaching and the one who is approached
ExamplesActs 27:27 But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were approaching some land.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- χώραcountry, region, land 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated in the clause 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- σύyou 1
- υἱόςson 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
To or for whomIndirect object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- στρατηγόςmagistrate 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὧδεhere 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπονοέωto imagine 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- קָרַב qârab · H7126 · to approach, to come near, to come forward
- Greek προσάγω and Hebrew קָרַב share the core sense of causing or effecting approach — bringing something or someone near, whether in a cultic, interpersonal, or general spatial sense — and function as consistent translation equivalents across these contexts.
- נָגַשׁ nâgash · H5066 · to be close, to meet
- נָגַשׁ (nâgash, H5066) is the standard Hebrew verb for physical or formal approach/drawing near, rendered by προσάγω (proságō, G4317) in LXX contexts where the Greek emphasizes the directional act of bringing/leading something or someone near, particularly in cultic/sacrificial presentation contexts (e.g., bringing offerings to the altar).
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To resound14.81
- The verb, in a specialized nautical sense, describes sailors perceiving the sound of surf resounding as a sign that land is near. Luke's account of Paul's shipwreck voyage uses this term: “But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were approaching some land” (Acts 27:27).
- To lead before, to bring into the presence of, to bring to15.172
- The same verb, in its most common New Testament sense, describes bringing a person into the presence of another, especially an authority. Luke's account of the Philippian jailer uses this term: “and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, 'These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble'” (Acts 16:20).
- To move toward, to approach, to come near to15.77
- The same verb, used intransitively, describes a ship or traveler drawing near to land. Luke's account of Paul's shipwreck voyage uses this term: “But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were approaching some land” (Acts 27:27).
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist προσήγαγον; 1 aorist passive προσηχθην (Mt 18:24 L Tr WH); from Homer down; the…
1. transitively, to lead to, bring (see πρός, IV. 1): τινα ὧδε, Lk 9:41; τινα τίνι, one to one (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14), Mt 18:24 L Tr WH; Acts 16:20; to open a way of access, τινα τῷ Θεῷ, for (A. V. to bring) one to God, i. e. to render one acceptable to God and assured of his grace (a figure borrowed from those who secure for one the privilege of an interview with the sovereign), 1 Pet 3:18 (noteworthy is the use, without specification of the goal, in a forensic sense, to summon (to trial or punishment), Acts 12:6 WH text (where others προάγω, which see 1)).
2. intransitively (see ἄγω, 4), to draw near to, approach (Josh 3:9; Jer 26:3, etc.): τίνι, Acts 27:27 ((not WH marginal reading)), where Luke speaks in nautical style phenomenally, the land which the sailor is approaching seeming to approach him; cf. Kuinoel (or Wetstein) at the passage; (see προσανέχω 2, and προσαχέω).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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