Strong's Lexicon
G4331
G4331 — προσεγγίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4331 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προσεγγίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4314 and G1448 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | Not listed |
| Transliteration: | proseggizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros-eng-ghid'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to approach near |
| KJV Renderings: | come nigh |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσεγγίζω: 1 aorist infinitive προσεγγίσαι; to approach unto (πρός, IV. 1): with the dative of a person (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 14), Mar 2:4 (where T Tr marginal reading WH προσενέγκαι). (The Sept.; Polybius, Diodorus, Lucian).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προσεγγίζω (come nigh)
Mark 2:4
- KJV: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was and when they had broken up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay
- GK: και μη δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αυτώ διά τον όχλον απεστέγασαν την στέγην όπου ην και εξορύξαντες χαλώσι τον κράββατον εφ΄ ω ο παραλυτικός κατέκειτο