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Strong's #4334 - προσέρχομαι
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- to come to, approach
- draw near to
- to assent to
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προσέρχομαι,
impf. -ηρχόμην Th. 4.121 (unless fr. προσάρχομαι ): fut. -ελεύσομαι Plb. 21.14.6 (but the Att. impf. and fut. are commonly προσῄειν, πρόσειμι, q.v.): aor. -ήλυθον, -ῆλθον: pf. -ελήλυθα: —
come or go to, c. dat., A. Eu. 285, S. OC 1104, etc.; π. Σωκράτει visit him as teacher, X. Mem. 1.2.47; τινὶ ὥσπερ ἀθλητῇ Th.l.c. (v. προσάρχομαι ) ; αἷς ἂν προσέλθω [γυναιξί ] X. Smp. 4.38: c. dat. loci, δόμοις, ἀκταῖς, A. Eu. 474, E. Hel. 1539: c. acc. loci, πεσσούς, δῶμα, βωμούς, Id. Med. 68, 1205, Alc. 171: rarely c. acc. pers., ἐπειδὴ τοὺς πρυτάνεις προσήλθομεν Aristomen. 4: with Preps. governing acc., π. πρὸς τὸ ἄγγος Hdt. 2.121 . β; πρὸς Απολλώνιον PCair.Zen. 375.4 (iii B.C.): with Advbs., π. δεῦρο S. Aj. 1171, etc.; πέλας π. μου E. Andr. 589, cf. S. Tr. 1076, etc.; ἐγγύθεν, ὄπισθεν, Pl. Plt. 289d, R. 327b; ὅπῃ π. χρή ib. 493b: abs., approach, draw nigh, Hdt. 1.86, etc.; opp. ἀπέρχομαι, ib. 199; of pain, pleasure, etc., to be nigh at hand, S. Ph. 788, E. Or. 859 .
2. in hostile sense, attack, π. πρὸς τοὺς ἱππέας X. Cyr. 6.2.16 .
3. come in, surrender, capitulate, Th. 3.59 .
4. come forward to speak, π. τῷ δήμῳ D. 18.13; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Aeschin. 3.220; πρὸς ὑμᾶς D. 22.69, 24.176; πρὸς τοὺς ἱερομνήμονας SIG 419.6 (Delph., iii B.C. ), cf. 613.24 (ibid., ii B.C. ), al.; π. πολιτείᾳ enter political life, Plu. Cat.Mi. 12; π. πρὸς τὰ κοινά come forward in public, D. 18.257; π. πρὸς τὸ πολιτεύεσθαι, πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, Din. 1.111 (v.l. εἰς ), 2.15; πρὸς τὴν πόλιν D. 58.30; π. πρὸς ἓν πρᾶγμα ἴδιον Id. 32.32; ὑμῖν (sc. Ἀθηναίοις ) Id. 25.42; ἐπὶ τοὺς συμμάχους X. HG 6.3.3 .
5. appear before a tribunal, προσελθὼν εἶπεν BGU 587.2 (ii A.D.), cf. PAmh. 2.66.43 (ii A.D.); π. τῷ δικαστηρίῳ κατ' αὐτοῦ PSI 1.41.18 (iv A.D.); approach an official, π. διὰ βιβλιδίων τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ἡγεμόνι BGU 614.12 (iii A.D.); π. τοῖς θεοῖς in supplication, D.C. 56.9 .
6. π. τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ, τοῖς νόμοις, apply oneself to . ., Philostr. VA 3.18, D.S. 1.95; ἐπεὶ προσῆλθον ἀγορασμῷ ἢ καὶ ὑποθήκῃ κλήρου κατοικικοῦ BGU 650.6 (i A.D.); ἐξ οὗ χρόνου προσῆλθεν ἕκαστος τῇ μισθώσει ib. 1047 iv 6 (ii A.D.); π. τῇ τούτου κληρονομίᾳ enter upon his inheritance, POxy. 76.22 (ii A.D.), cf. 907.5 (iii A.D.), etc.; have recourse to, τοῖς ἀνασκευαστικωτέροις Sor. 2.50 .
7. of things, to be added, Arist. GC 321b27, GA 723a13 .
II come in, of revenue, Hdt. 7.144, Lys. 30.20, X. Mem. 3.6.12 . III have sexual intercourse, Hp. Epid. 6.3.14 .
προσέρχομαι; imperfect 3 person plural προσήρχοντο (Acts 28:9); (future 3 person singular προσελεύσεται, Luke 1:17 WH marginal reading); 2 aorist 3 person plural προσῆλθον and (so L Tr WH in Matthew 9:28; Matthew 13:36; Matthew 14:15; T Tr WH in Matthew 5:1; Luke 13:31; WH in Matthew 19:3; Matthew 21:23; John 12:21) in the Alex. form προσῆλθαν (see ἀπέρχομαι, and ἔρχομαι); perfect προσελήλυθα (Hebrews 12:18, 22); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for קָרַב and נָגַשׁ; to come to, to approach (πρός, IV. 1);
a. properly, absolutely, Matthew 4:11; Luke (
b. tropically, α. προσέρχεσθαι τῷ Θεῷ, to draw near to God in order to seek his grace and favor, Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 11:6; τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος, Hebrews 4:16; without τῷ Θεῷ, Hebrews 10:1, 22 (in the O. T. προσέρχεσθαι, simply, is used of the priests about to offer sacrifices, Leviticus 21:17, 21; Deuteronomy 21:5; with the addition of πρός Θεόν, of one about to ask counsel of God, 1 Samuel 14:36; with τοῖς θεοῖς, of suppliants about to implore the gods, Dio Cassius, 56, 9); πρός Χριστόν, to attach oneself to Christ, to come to a participation in the benefits procured by him, 1 Peter 2:4 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 3). β. equivalent to to assent to (cf. German beitreten (Latinaccedere; English come (over) to, used figuratively)): ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις, 1 Timothy 6:3 (Tdf. προσέχεται, which see 3).
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προσ -έρχομαι ,
[in LXX for H7126, H5066, etc.;]
to approach, draw near: absol., Matthew 4:11, Luke 9:42, al.; c. infin., Matthew 24:1, al.; c. dat. loc., Hebrews 12:18; Hebrews 12:22; dat. pers., Matthew 5:1, and freq., John 12:21, al.; ptcp., προσελθών , c. indic., Matthew 8:2, and freq., Mark 1:31, Luke 7:14, al.; Papyri αὐτῷ , c. indic., Matthew 4:3, Mark 6:35,
Metaph.,
(a) of approaching God: absol. (Leviticus 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:5, al.), Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:22; τ . θεῷ , Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 11:6; τ . θρόνῳ τ . χάριτος , Hebrews 4:16; πρὸς Χριστόν , 1 Peter 2:4;
(b) in sense not found elsewhere (Field, Notes, 211), to consent to: ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις , 1 Timothy 6:3.
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";crouching,"; ";cringing,"; hence ";a beggar,"; was always used in a bad sense until it was ennobled by the Gospels. It occurs in P Petr III. 36 (a) recto.17, .18 (Ptol.) along with its comparative, but unfortunately in a very broken context : see also ib. 140.1 (private accounts) πτώχωι ν ¯, γνάφει ο ¯. In Galatians 4:9 the translation ";beggarly"; is not very happy; the πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα are such that there is ";nothing in them";—no one is the better for them : see Westcott St. Paul and Justification, p. 81. MGr φτωχός, ";poor.";
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