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To join

προσκληρόωStrong’s G4345

prosklēroō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Prosklēroō is the Greek word usually translated “joined themselves”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.”
Acts 17:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “joined themselves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they joined themselves 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    προσκληρόω prosklēroō · to join

    προσ-κληρόω, -ῶ to allot to, assign to by lot; pass. (but perh. as nid., EV, consorted with, so Syr.): Act.17:4 (for exx., v, Cremer, 749).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “join” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    JOIN, verb transitive

    [Latin jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;

    1. To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.“Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field” Isaiah 5:8
    2. To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.
    3. To unite in league or marriage.“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab” 2 Chronicles 18:1“What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” Matthew 19:6
    4. To associate.“Go near and join thyself to this chariot” Acts 8:29
    All definitions and other forms of “join”
    1. To unite in any act.
    2. To unite in concord.“But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” 1 Corinthians 1:10

    JOIN, verb intransitive

    To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join is called a joint or articulation.

    1. To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join
    2. To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society.“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?” Ezra 9:14

    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.