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To approach

προσπορεύομαιStrong’s G4365

prosporeuomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Prosporeuomai is the Greek word usually translated “come up”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.”
Mark 10:35 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • come up 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    προσπορεύομαι prosporeuomai · to approach

    προσ-πορεύομαι [in LXX for קָרַב, נָגַשׁ, etc. ;] to come near, approach: with dative of person(s), Mrk.10:35.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    APPROACH, verb intransitive

    [The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not found in the Latin. It is from a root in class Brg, signifying to drive, move, or press toward.]

    1. To come or go near, in place; to draw near; to advance nearer.“Wherefore approached ye so nigh the city?” 2 Samuel 11:20
    2. To draw near in time.
    3. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to advance near to a point aimed at, in science, literature, government, morals, etc.; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
    4. To draw near in duty, as in prayer or worship.
    All definitions and other forms of “approach”

      APPROACH, verb transitive

      1. To come near to; as, Pope approaches Virgil in smoothness of versification.
      2. To have access carnally. Leviticus 18:6
      3. In gardening, to ingraft a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock.
      4. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near; as, he was aprised of the enemy's approach
      5. Access; as, the approach to kings.
      6. In fortification, not only the advances of an army are called approaches, but the works thrown up by the beseigers, to protect them in their advances towards a fortress.

      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.