What does προσπορεύομαι (prosporeúomai) mean in the Bible?
προσπορεύομαι (prosporeúomai) is a Greek word meaning "to approach".
Greek · G4365
προσπορεύομαι
To approach
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προσπορεύομαι G4365
Pronunciation prosporeúomai
What does προσπορεύομαι (prosporeúomai) mean in the Bible?
προσπορεύομαι (prosporeúomai) is a Greek word meaning "to approach".
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How does the BSB render G4365?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include came (1).
Where does προσπορεύομαι (prosporeúomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 10:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (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 came 1× Mark 10:35
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First aligned row Mark 10:35
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Mark 1
Source forms
προσπορεύονται 1x prosporeuontai Mark 10:35
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Mark 10:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to approach
Source Gloss
to approach
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to come near, approach: with dative of person(s), Mrk.10:35.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 10:35 Verb Third Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
προσπορεύονται prosporeuontai
I 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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
indicative 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
προσπορεύομαι 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