προσεδρεύω
prosedreúō · G4332 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to serve
To serve, with the probable implication of continuity and regularity of the service
Examples1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- συμμερίζομαιto share in 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- διακονέω diakonéō · G1247 · to serve, to render service, to help
- Both verbs express devoted service and attendance. While διακονέω is the more general term for service/ministry, προσεδρεύω emphasizes the spatial aspect of attending 'near' or 'beside' someone in service.
- παρίστημι parístēmi · G3936 · to present (oneself), to cause to be, to cause to serve as
- Both verbs convey the notion of being present in close attendance. παρίστημι emphasizes standing beside to assist or be available, while προσεδρεύω emphasizes sitting near in continuous attendance.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׁרַת shârath · H8334 · to attend, to wait on, to serve
- Both verbs describe the act of attending or serving in close proximity, particularly in a religious or official capacity. שָׁרַת is the standard Hebrew verb for ministerial service and attendance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To serve35.26
- The verb describes performing regular service in attendance at a particular task. Paul's argument for the rights of gospel workers uses this term: “Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?” (1 Corinthians 9:13).
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (πρόσεδρος sitting near (cf. πρός, IV. 3)); 1. properly, to sit near ((Euripides,…
1. properly, to sit near ((Euripides, others)).
2. to attend assiduously: τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ (see παρεδρεύω), 1 Cor 9:13 Rec.; Protevangelium Jacobi, 23, 1 (where we also find the variant παρεδρεύω); τῇ θεραπεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 7, 1; ταῖς φιλοπονιαις, Aristotle, pol. 8, 4, 4, p. 1338b, 25; τοῖς πραγμασι, Demosthenes, pp. 14,15 (i. e. Olynth. 1, 18); with the dative of person to be in attendance upon, not to quit one's side, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 9, 1; (cf. Demosthenes, 914, 28).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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