What does προσκυλίω (proskylíō) mean in the Bible?
προσκυλίω (proskylíō) is a Greek word meaning "to roll before".
Greek · G4351
προσκυλίω
To roll before
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προσκυλίω G4351
Pronunciation proskylíō
What does προσκυλίω (proskylíō) mean in the Bible?
προσκυλίω (proskylíō) is a Greek word meaning "to roll before".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4351?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he rolled (2).
Where does προσκυλίω (proskylíō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:60. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (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 he rolled 2× Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:60
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
προσεκύλισεν 1x prosekylisen Mark 15:46
προσκυλίσας 1x proskylisas Matthew 27:60
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 15:46
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 27:60
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to roll before
Strong's G4351
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to roll before
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:60 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
προσκυλίσας proskulisav
I roll to
Read verse Mark 15:46 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
προσεκύλισε prosekulisen
I roll to
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 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Matt 27:60 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Mark 15:46 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
indicative 1 participle 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)
Word Origins
προσκυλίω is built from these roots:
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