What does προσάγω (proságō) mean in the Bible?
προσάγω (proságō): Brings to presence or nearness; in theology, means presenting someone before God or bringing near to God.
Greek · G4317
προσάγω
To bring near
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προσάγω G4317
Pronunciation proságō
What does προσάγω (proságō) mean in the Bible?
προσάγω (proságō): Brings to presence or nearness; in theology, means presenting someone before God or bringing near to God.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4317?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Bring (2), They brought them (1), were approaching (1).
Where does προσάγω (proságō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:41. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Peter (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Bring 2× Luke 9:41, 1 Peter 3:18
They brought them 1× Acts 16:20
were approaching 1× Acts 27:27
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 9:41 προσάγαγε to Bring Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Acts 16:20 προσαγαγόντες to They brought them Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 27:27 προσάγειν to were approaching Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1 Peter 3:18 προσαγάγῃ to bring Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 9:41
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 2 1 Peter 1
Source forms
προσάγαγε 1x prosagage Luke 9:41
προσαγάγῃ 1x prosagagē 1 Peter 3:18
προσαγαγόντες 1x prosagagontes Acts 16:20
προσάγειν 1x prosagein Acts 27:27
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Luke 9:41
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 16:20
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x 1 Peter 3:18
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 27:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Brings to presence or nearness; in theology, means presenting someone before God or bringing near to God.
Strong's G4317
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:41 Source Gloss
to bring near
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 9:41 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Imperative
προσάγαγε prosagage
I bring near, approach
Read verse Acts 16:20 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
προσαγαγόντες prosagagontev
I bring near, approach
Read verse Acts 27:27 Verb Present Active Infinitive
προσάγειν prosagein
I bring near, approach
Read verse 1 Peter 3:18 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
προσαγάγῃ prosagagh
I bring near, approach
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Active Luke 9:41 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 16:20 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 27:27 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active 1 Pet 3:18 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 present 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
subjunctive 1 participle 1 infinitive 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Jesus commands to bring a demon-possessed boy to him for healing
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
προσάγω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain