Prosechō προσέχω

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Prosechō
προσέχω
Transliterationprosechō
Strong's numberG4337
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto watch out
Occurrences24 in 24 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (6)

Prosechō (Greek προσέχω, Strong's G4337) is a Greek verb meaning “to watch out”. It occurs 24 times in 24 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

προσ-έχω
[in LXX for קָשַׁב hi., שָׁמַר ni., etc. ;]
1. to turn to, bring to (frequently ναῦν, expressed or understood, to bring to port, land; Hdt., al.).
2. τ. νοῦν, before dative, to turn one's mind to, attend to; in Xen. and later writers with νοῦν omitted (El., § 53, 1; 81, 1): Act.8:6 16:14, Heb.2:1, 2Pe.1:19; in sense of caring or providing for, Act.20:28; π. ἑαυτῷ, to give heed to oneself (M, Pr., 157; cf. Gen.24:6, Exo.10:28, al.): Luk.17:3 21:34, Act.5:35; id. before ἀπό (M, Pr., 102; B1., § 34, 11; 40, 3; see: βλέπω), Luk.12:1; (without dative) Mat.7:15 10:17 16:6, 11-12, Luk.20:46 (cf. Sir.6:13, al.); before μή, with inf. (M, Pr., 193; Bl., § 69, 4), Mat.6:1.
3. to attach or devote oneself to: with dative of person(s), Act.8:10-11, 1Ti.4:1; with dative of thing(s), 1Ti.1:4 3:8 4:13 6:3 T (-ερχ-, WH, R), Tit.1:14, Heb.7:13.†
(AS)

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

Translated as

KJVbeware (6), heed (6), take heed (3), attendance (2), ye should beware (1), regard (1), unto (1), give (1)
BSBbeware (7), watch (2), be careful (1), consider carefully (1), heeded (1), they paid close attention (1), respond (1), keep watch over (1), devote themselves (1), given (1), follow (1), devote yourself (1), and 4 other renderings

Verses

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

Matthew

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

2 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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