Strong's Lexicon
G4345 — προσκληρόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4345 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προσκληρόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4314 and G2820 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | proskleroo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros-klay-roh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to give a common lot to 2. (figuratively) to associate with |
| KJV Renderings: | consort with |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσκληρόω, προσκλήρω: 1 aorist passive 3 person plural προσεκληρώθησαν; to add or assign to by lot, to allot: προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ, were allotted by God to Paul, viz., as disciples, followers, Act 17:4 (Winers Grammar, § 39, 2 at the end; others give it a middle force, joined their lot to, attached themselves to (A. V. consorted with); cf. leg. ad Gaium § 10 and other examples from Philo as below). (Plutarch, mor., p. 738 d.; Lucian, Amo 3:1-15; frequent in Philo, cf. Loesner, Observations, p. 209ff.)
STRONGS NT 4345a: προσκλίνωπροσκλίνω: 1 aorist passive 3 person singular προσεκλίθη;
1. transitive, (to cause) to lean against (cf. πρός, IV, 4) (Homer, Pindar).
2. intransitive, τίνι, to incline toward one, lean to his side or party: Polybius 4, 51, 5, etc.; 1 aorist passive προσεκλιθην with a middle significance to join oneself to one: Act 5:36 L T Tr WH ((cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)); 2Ma 14:24; τοῖς δικαίοις προσεκλίθη, Schol. ad Aristophanes, Plutarch, 1027; προσεκλιθητε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 47, 4 [ET] and in other later writings.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προσκληρόω (consort with)
Acts 17:4
- KJV: 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
- GK: και τινες εξ αυτών επείσθησαν και προσεκληρώθησαν τω Παύλω και τω Σίλα των τε σεβομένων Ελλήνων πολύ πλήθος γυναικών τε των πρώτων ουκ ολίγαι
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