Strong's Lexicon

G4345

G4345 — προσκληρόω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekprosklerooverbOccurrences: 1

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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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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