To come near/agree
προσέρχομαιStrong’s G4334proserchomai
Appears in 86 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proserchomai is the Greek word usually translated “came”, “having come” and “having come to”. It appears in 86 verses of the New Testament.
“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;”
Meaning
Usually translated “came”, “having come” and “having come to”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- came 18
- having come 16
- having come to 11
- having come up 5
- having gone 4
- having come near 3
- having approached 3
- drawing near 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 50
- Acts 11
- Luke 10
- Hebrews 7
- Mark 5
- John 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matthew 4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
- Matthew 5:1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
- Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Matthew 8:5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
- Matthew 8:19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
All 86 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
προσέρχομαι proserchomai · to come near/agree
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; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “came” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAME, noun
A slender rod of cast lead, of which glaziers make their turned lead.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.