προσφωνέω
prosphōnéō · G4377 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to address, to speak out to
To address an audience, with possible emphasis upon loudness
ExamplesActs 21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,
Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,
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to call out to
To call out, with the probable implication of seeking some response
ExamplesMatthew 11:16 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,
Luke 7:32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not weep.’
Luke 23:20 But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,
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to call, to call to
To call to, with a possible implication of a reciprocal relation
ExamplesLuke 6:13 And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:
Luke 13:12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”
How it’s used In 6 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
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- Not stated (participle) 2
- ἸησοῦςJesus 1
- ΠιλᾶτοςPilate 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἕτεροςother, another, different 1
- μαθητήςdisciple 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πάλινagain, and, also 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παιδίονchild 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 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 1 word
- προσκαλέομαι proskaléomai · G4341 · to call, to call to, to call to a task
- προσφωνέω centers on vocal address — calling out, often publicly or with exclamation — while προσκαλέομαι denotes summoning someone with the specific intent of drawing them toward the speaker. Both are verbs of calling, distinguished by the directionality and intent of the summons.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To address, to speak out to33.27
- The verb describes formally speaking to an audience. Luke's account of Paul's defense before the crowd uses this term: “And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet” (Acts 22:2).
- To call, to call to33.308
- The same verb describes summoning individuals to oneself. Luke's account of the choosing of the twelve uses this term: “And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles” (Luke 6:13).
- To call out to33.79
- The same verb, used of children playing in the marketplace, describes calling out informally to companions. Jesus' comparison of that generation to children at play uses this term: “It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children” (Matthew 11:16).
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon προσφώνω; imperfect 3 person singular προσεφώνει; 1 aorist προσεφώνησα; 1. to call to; to…
1. to call to; to address by calling: absolutely, Lk 13:12; Lk 23:20 (where L WH add αὐτοῖς); Acts 21:40 (Homer, Odyssey 5, 159 etc.); with the dative of a person (cf. Winer's Grammar, 36), Mt 11:16; Lk 7:32; Acts 22:2,. ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 7).
2. to call to oneself, summon: τινα (so the better Greek writings; see Matthiae, § 402 b.; (Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)), Lk 6:13.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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