What does προσδέομαι (prosdéomai) mean in the Bible?
προσδέομαι (prosdéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to need".
Greek · G4326
προσδέομαι
To need
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προσδέομαιG4326
Pronunciationprosdéomai
What does προσδέομαι (prosdéomai) mean in the Bible?
προσδέομαι (prosdéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to need".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4326?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include as if He needed (1).
Where does προσδέομαι (prosdéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itas if He needed1×Acts 17:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 17:25
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
προσδεόμενός1xprosdeomenosActs 17:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 17:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to need
Source Gloss
to need
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to want further, need in addition: Act.17:25.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:25Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
προσδεόμενόςprosdeomenov
I want more
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
middle1
Mood
participle1
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)
Word Origins
προσδέομαι is built from these roots: