Strong's Lexicon
G4377 — προσφωνέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4377 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προσφωνέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4314 and G5455 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | prosphoneo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros-fo-neh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to sound towards, i.e. address, exclaim, summon |
| KJV Renderings: | call unto, speak (un-)to |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσφωνέω, προσφώνω; imperfect 3 person singular προσεφώνει; 1 aorist προσεφώνησα;
1. to call to; to address by calling: absolutely, Luk 13:12; Luk 23:20 (where L WH add αὐτοῖς); Act 21:40 (Homer, Odyssey 5, 159 etc.); with the dative of a person (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 36), Mat 11:16; Luk 7:32; Act 22:2,. ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 7).
2. to call to oneself, summon: τινα (so the better Greek writings; see Matthiae, § 402 b.; (Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)), Luk 6:13.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προσφωνέω (call unto)
Matthew 11:16
- KJV: But whereunto shall I liken this generation It is like unto children sitting in the markets and calling unto their fellows
- GK: τίνι δε ομοιώσω την γενεάν ταύτην ομοία εστί παιδίοις εν αγορά καθημένοις και προσφωνούσι τοις εταίροις αυτών
Luke 6:13
- KJV: And when it was day he called his disciples and of them he chose twelve whom also he named apostles
- GK: και ότε εγένετο ημέρα προσεφώνησε τους μαθητάς αυτού και εκλεξάμενος απ΄ αυτών δώδεκα ους και αποστόλους ωνόμασε
Luke 7:32
- KJV: They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace and calling one to another and saying We have piped unto you and ye have not danced we have mourned to you and ye have not wept
- GK: όμοιοί εισι παιδίοις τοις εν αγορά καθημένοις και προσφωνούσιν αλλήλοις και λέγουσιν ηυλήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ ωρχήσασθε εθρηνήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ εκλαύσατε
Luke 13:12
- KJV: And when Jesus saw her he called and said unto her Woman thou art loosed from thine infirmity
- GK: ιδών δε αυτήν ο Ιησούς προσεφώνησε και είπεν αυτή γύναι απολέλυσαι της ασθενείας σου
Luke 23:20
- KJV: Pilate therefore willing to release Jesus spake again to them
- GK: πάλιν ουν ο Πιλάτος προσεφώνησε θέλων απολύσαι τον Ιησούν
Acts 21:40
- KJV: And when he had given him licence Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand unto the people And when there was made a great silence he spake unto in the Hebrew tongue saying
- GK: επιτρέψαντος δε αυτού ο Παύλος εστώς επί των αναβάθμων κατέσεισε τη χειρί τω λαώ πολλής δε σιγής γενομένης προσεφώνησε τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω λέγων
Acts 22:2
- KJV: And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them they kept the more silence and he saith
- GK: ακούσαντες δε ότι τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω προσεφώνει αυτοίς μάλλον παρέσχον ησυχίαν