Bible Lexicons

For the meaning ";designate,"; as in Hebrews 5:10, cf. P Leid Uii .14 (B.C. 343) (= I. p. 124, UPZ i. p. 371) τὸν προσαγορευόμενον ἀγυπτιστεὶ Ὀνοῦρει, ἑλλησνιστεὶ (l. ἑλληνιστὶ) δὲ Ἄρης : cf. Syll 930 (= .3 705).55 (B.C. 112–1) ἄνδρας καλοὺς κα [ὶ ] ἀγαθοὺς καὶ φίλους παρὰ δήμου καλοῦ κἀγαθοῦ. . . προσαγορεῦσαι, and ib. 349 (= .3 764).5 (B.C. 45).

The LXX usage ";greet,"; ";salute,"; is seen in epistolary formulae such as P Oxy III. 526.2 (ii/A.D.) Χαίροις, Καλόκαιρε, Κύριλλός σε προσαγορεύω, ";hail, Calocaerus : I, Cyrillus, greet you,"; ib. VI. 928.14 (ii/iii A.D.) τὰ παιδία παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ Ἰσιδωρίωνος προσαγόρε [υ ]ε, ";greet the children from me and Isidorion,"; ib. VII. 1070.46 (iii/A.D.) τοὺς ἡμῶν πάντας κατ᾽ ὄνομα προσαγόρευε καὶ ἄσπασε (= αι), P Amh II. 145.22 (iv/v A.D.) προσαγορεύω [τὴν ] σὴν διάθεσιν καὶ τὰ φίλτατά σου τὰ [πάν ]τα, ";I greet your highness and all those dearest to you"; and the early Christian letter P Heid 6.23 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 127) πολλὰ προσαγωρεύ (ω) πάντε (= α)ς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν ἐν κ ̄ω ̄. In P Lond 1912.27 (A.D. 41) Γερμανικὸς Καῖσ ̣α ̣ρ γνησιωτέραις ὑμᾶς φωναῖς προσαγορεύσας, Bell thinks there is a reference ";to some definite speech or speeches delivered by Germanicus.";