To bring near
προσάγωStrong’s G4317prosagō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prosagō is the Greek word usually translated “do bring”, “having brought up” and “drawing near”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.”
Meaning
Usually translated “do bring”, “having brought up” and “drawing near”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do bring 1
- having brought up 1
- to be drawing near 1
- he may bring 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 16:20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Greek dictionary
προσάγω prosagō · to bring near
προσ-άγω [in LXX chiefly for = קָרַב hi., also for נָגַשׁ etc. ;] 1. trans., to bring or lead: with accusative and dative, Act.16:20; metaphorically, τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.3:18; before ὧδε, Luk.9:41; pass., with dative, Mat.18:24 (προσηνέχθη, T); in forensic sense, to summon: Act.12:6 (προαγαγεῖν, T, WH, mg., R). 2. Intrans., to draw near, approach (Jos.3:9, Jer.26:3 (Jer.46:3), al.): with dative, Act.27:27 (WH, προσαχεῖν).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.