Proserchomai προσέρχομαι

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Proserchomai
προσέρχομαι
Transliterationproserchomai
Strong's numberG4334
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto come near/agree
Occurrences87 in 86 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (50)

Proserchomai (Greek προσέρχομαι, Strong's G4334) is a Greek verb meaning “to come near/agree”. It occurs 87 times in 86 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

προσ-έρχομαι
[in LXX for קָרַב, נָגַשׁ, etc. ;]
to approach, draw near: absol., Mat.4:11, Luk.9:42, al.; with infin., Mat.24:1, al.; with dative loc., Heb.12:18, 22; dative of person(s), Mat.5:1, and freq., Jhn.12:21, al.; ptcp., προσελθών, with indic., Mat.8:2, and freq., Mrk.1:31, Luk.7:14, al.; π. αὐτῷ, with indic., Mat.4:3, Mrk.6:35,
Metaphorical,
(a) of approaching God: absol. (Lev.21:17, Deu.21:5, al.), Heb.10:1, 22; τ. θεῷ, Heb.7:25 11:6; τ. θρόνῳ τ. χάριτος, Heb.4:16; πρὸς Χριστόν, 1Pe.2:4;
(b) in sense not found elsewhere (Field, Notes, 211), to consent to: ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις, 1Ti.6:3
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcame (50), unto (9), went (3), near (3), come (3), he came (2), coming (2), goeth (1), him (1), was (1), consent (1), us (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBcame (41), went (9), came up (8), he went (3), going (2), came forward (2), draw near (2), came over (1), stepped forward (1), they came (1), had come up (1), he went up (1), and 13 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Proserchomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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