Strong G4337προσέχω
to watch out
- Transliteration
- prosechō
- Pronunciation
- pros-ekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-έχω
[in LXX for קָשַׁב hi., שָׁמַר ni., etc.;]
1. to turn to, bring to (frequently ναῦν, expressed or understood, to bring to port, land; Hdt., al.).
2. τ. νοῦν, before dative, to turn one's mind to, attend to; in Xen. and later writers with νοῦν omitted (El., § 53, 1; 81, 1): Act.8:6 16:14, Heb.2:1, 2Pe.1:19; in sense of caring or providing for, Act.20:28; π. ἑαυτῷ, to give heed to oneself (M, Pr., 157; cf. Gen.24:6, Exo.10:28, al.): Luk.17:3 21:34, Act.5:35; id. before ἀπό (M, Pr., 102; B1., § 34, 11; 40, 3; see: βλέπω), Luk.12:1; (without dative) Mat.7:15 10:17 16:6, 11-12, Luk.20:46 (cf. Sir.6:13, al.); before μή, with inf. (M, Pr., 193; Bl., § 69, 4), Mat.6:1.
3. to attach or devote oneself to: with dative of person(s), Act.8:10-11, 1Ti.4:1; with dative of thing(s), 1Ti.1:4 3:8 4:13 6:3 T (-ερχ-, WH, R), Tit.1:14, Heb.7:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for קָשַׁב hi., שָׁמַר ni., etc.;]
1. to turn to, bring to (frequently ναῦν, expressed or understood, to bring to port, land; Hdt., al.).
2. τ. νοῦν, before dative, to turn one's mind to, attend to; in Xen. and later writers with νοῦν omitted (El., § 53, 1; 81, 1): Act.8:6 16:14, Heb.2:1, 2Pe.1:19; in sense of caring or providing for, Act.20:28; π. ἑαυτῷ, to give heed to oneself (M, Pr., 157; cf. Gen.24:6, Exo.10:28, al.): Luk.17:3 21:34, Act.5:35; id. before ἀπό (M, Pr., 102; B1., § 34, 11; 40, 3; see: βλέπω), Luk.12:1; (without dative) Mat.7:15 10:17 16:6, 11-12, Luk.20:46 (cf. Sir.6:13, al.); before μή, with inf. (M, Pr., 193; Bl., § 69, 4), Mat.6:1.
3. to attach or devote oneself to: with dative of person(s), Act.8:10-11, 1Ti.4:1; with dative of thing(s), 1Ti.1:4 3:8 4:13 6:3 T (-ερχ-, WH, R), Tit.1:14, Heb.7:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4337 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heed12
- beware7
- give4
- attend1
- regard1
First verses
- Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
- Matthew 16:6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
- Matthew 16:12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 17:3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
- Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
- Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Acts 5:35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
- Acts 8:6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
- Acts 8:10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
- Acts 8:11And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- 1 Timothy 1:4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
- 1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- 1 Timothy 4:13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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προσέχω
[Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD: Cypria)] ποέχω (which see)) and προσίσχω: aorist προσέσχον:— hold to, offer, προσέσχε μαζὸν [δράκοντι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531)]; hold against, [τὴν ἀσπίδα] προσῖσχε πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.200)]; apply, χλιάσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.129.)]
2 π. ναῦν bring a ship to port, προσσχόντες τὰς νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.99; Μαλέᾳ προσίσχων πρῷραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 362)]; τίς σε προσέσχε.. χρεί; brought thee to land here? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 236; [ναῦν] πρὸς τὴν γῆν προσσχεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.4: more frequently without ναῦν)], put in, touch at a place, προσσχεῖν ἐς Τύρον, ἐς τὴν Σάμον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2, 3.48, +others; πρὸς τὴν Σίφνον προσῖσχον [prev. work] 58)]: with dative loci, π. τῇ γῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.156; τῆς νήσου τοῖς ἐσχάτοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30; Λιβύῃ κατὰ τὴν Μαυρουσίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 7: with _accusative_ loci, τίνι στόλῳ προσέσχες τήνδε γῆ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 244, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.9.2)]: absolutely, land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182, etc.)]: with words added, πλέων δι᾽ Ἑλλησπόντου π. ἐς Κύζικον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.76, compare 6.119; ναυσὶ προσσχεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11; τῇ νηῒ π. εἰς Ῥόδον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.9)]; ὡς γῇ προσέξων τὸ σῶμα, of a shipwrecked sailor, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1103e.)]
3 turn to or towards a thing, π. ὄμμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 931: mostly, π. τὸν νοῦν)] turn one's mind, attention to a thing, be intent on it, τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 503; ἐμοί [prev. work] 1014, compare 1064, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.2, etc.)]; π. τὸν νοῦν τινι give heed to him, pay court to him, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.5.40)]; ἑαυτῷ π. τὸν νοῦν to be thinking with himself, in a fit of abstraction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d; also πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ κατηγορίαν π. τὸν νοῦν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.1; πρὸς τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1010)]; π. τὸν νοῦν μὴ.. take heed lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 432b, etc.: _absolutely_, πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 284, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 154, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 113, etc.; δεῦρο τὸν νοῦν προσέχετε [prev. author] “Nu.” 575, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217b)]; προσεχέτω τὸν νοῦν let him take heed, as a warning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1122)]; also τὴν γνώμην π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ec.” 600, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95, 2.11, 5.26, 7.15; π. τὴν διάνοιαν ὡς πράξει μεγίστῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 14)]; but περὶ τούτου τῇ διανοίᾳ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.2225.44 (2nd c.BC))]; π. τῇ διανοίᾳ εἰς τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.21.)]
4 without τὸν νοῦν, μὴ πρόσισχε.. βουκόλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 286)]; σαυτῷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 294 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.9)]; π. ἑαυτοῖς ἀπό τινος to be on one's guard against, [NT (NT.Luke.12.1)]; πρόσεχ᾽ οἷς φράζω attend to what I shall tell you, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.21 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.3, etc.; π. τῶν ἐμπείρων.. ταῖς ἀναποδείκτοις φάσεσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1143b11; τῷ πολλῷ χρόνῳ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1264a2; π. τοῖς νόμοις [prev. author] “fragment” 539)]; τοῖς χιλιάρχοις take orders from them, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.37.7; also π. ἐπί τινι LXX.Gen.4.5: _absolutely_, πρόσεχε, κἀγώ σοι φράσω 3rd c.BC: Athenio Comicus 1.8)]; προσέχων ἀκουσάτω attentively, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.8; πρόσσχες “An. Ox.” 1.121: also with _accusative_, προσέχων τε ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.19 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; οὐ προσέχει τὰ πράγματα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 73.4; π. νόμον θεοῦ LXX.Isa.1.11, cf. LXX.Exo.34.11: also π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων, τῶν γραμματέων,LXX.Lev.22.2, NT.Luke.20.46; π. τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα LXX.Deu.12.23)]; π. ἵνα μὴ μαστιγωθῇς[LXX (LXX.2Ch.25.16.)]
4.b devote oneself to a thing, with dative, γυμνασίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.33; τοῖς ἔργοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 553; τοῖς ναυτικοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.15; τῷ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 7.4; πλούτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.122d; τούτῳ τῷ ἀγῶνι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 10)]; τοῖς κοινοῖς, γεωργίᾳ καὶ εἰρήνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 19, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.11.3, etc.:— _absolutely_, ἐντεταμένως, προθύμως π., 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.18, 8.128.)]
5 continue, ἡ νοῦσος, ἡ ὀδύνη π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 11, 7.)]
6 middle, attach oneself to a thing, cling, cleave to it, ὅ τι πρόσσχοιτο τοῦ πηλοῦ τῷ κοντῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.136; ὥσπερ λεπὰς προσεχόμενος τῷ κίονι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 105, compare “Pl.” 1096; τῷ τοίχῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555a1: _absolutely_, οἱ πολύποδες οὕτω π. ὥστε μὴ ἀποσπᾶσθαι [prev. work] 534b27.)]
6.b metaphorically, devote oneself to the service of any one, especially a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.51 (uncertain).)]
7 passive, to be held fast by a thing, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 756)]; to be attached to it, πρὸς τῷ στήθει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14)]; πρὸς τῷ δένδρῳ προσέχεσθαι, of gum, stick to, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.4)]: metaphorically, to be implicated in, τῷ ἄγει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127.)]
II have besides or in addition, δεῖ καὶ τοῦτο προσέχειν τὸ μάθημα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.7, etc.)]
[Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD: Cypria)] ποέχω (which see)) and προσίσχω: aorist προσέσχον:— hold to, offer, προσέσχε μαζὸν [δράκοντι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531)]; hold against, [τὴν ἀσπίδα] προσῖσχε πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.200)]; apply, χλιάσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.129.)]
2 π. ναῦν bring a ship to port, προσσχόντες τὰς νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.99; Μαλέᾳ προσίσχων πρῷραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 362)]; τίς σε προσέσχε.. χρεί; brought thee to land here? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 236; [ναῦν] πρὸς τὴν γῆν προσσχεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.4: more frequently without ναῦν)], put in, touch at a place, προσσχεῖν ἐς Τύρον, ἐς τὴν Σάμον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2, 3.48, +others; πρὸς τὴν Σίφνον προσῖσχον [prev. work] 58)]: with dative loci, π. τῇ γῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.156; τῆς νήσου τοῖς ἐσχάτοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30; Λιβύῃ κατὰ τὴν Μαυρουσίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 7: with _accusative_ loci, τίνι στόλῳ προσέσχες τήνδε γῆ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 244, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.9.2)]: absolutely, land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182, etc.)]: with words added, πλέων δι᾽ Ἑλλησπόντου π. ἐς Κύζικον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.76, compare 6.119; ναυσὶ προσσχεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11; τῇ νηῒ π. εἰς Ῥόδον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.9)]; ὡς γῇ προσέξων τὸ σῶμα, of a shipwrecked sailor, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1103e.)]
3 turn to or towards a thing, π. ὄμμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 931: mostly, π. τὸν νοῦν)] turn one's mind, attention to a thing, be intent on it, τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 503; ἐμοί [prev. work] 1014, compare 1064, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.2, etc.)]; π. τὸν νοῦν τινι give heed to him, pay court to him, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.5.40)]; ἑαυτῷ π. τὸν νοῦν to be thinking with himself, in a fit of abstraction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d; also πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ κατηγορίαν π. τὸν νοῦν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.1; πρὸς τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1010)]; π. τὸν νοῦν μὴ.. take heed lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 432b, etc.: _absolutely_, πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 284, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 154, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 113, etc.; δεῦρο τὸν νοῦν προσέχετε [prev. author] “Nu.” 575, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217b)]; προσεχέτω τὸν νοῦν let him take heed, as a warning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1122)]; also τὴν γνώμην π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ec.” 600, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95, 2.11, 5.26, 7.15; π. τὴν διάνοιαν ὡς πράξει μεγίστῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 14)]; but περὶ τούτου τῇ διανοίᾳ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.2225.44 (2nd c.BC))]; π. τῇ διανοίᾳ εἰς τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.21.)]
4 without τὸν νοῦν, μὴ πρόσισχε.. βουκόλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 286)]; σαυτῷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 294 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.9)]; π. ἑαυτοῖς ἀπό τινος to be on one's guard against, [NT (NT.Luke.12.1)]; πρόσεχ᾽ οἷς φράζω attend to what I shall tell you, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.21 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.3, etc.; π. τῶν ἐμπείρων.. ταῖς ἀναποδείκτοις φάσεσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1143b11; τῷ πολλῷ χρόνῳ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1264a2; π. τοῖς νόμοις [prev. author] “fragment” 539)]; τοῖς χιλιάρχοις take orders from them, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.37.7; also π. ἐπί τινι LXX.Gen.4.5: _absolutely_, πρόσεχε, κἀγώ σοι φράσω 3rd c.BC: Athenio Comicus 1.8)]; προσέχων ἀκουσάτω attentively, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.8; πρόσσχες “An. Ox.” 1.121: also with _accusative_, προσέχων τε ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.19 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; οὐ προσέχει τὰ πράγματα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 73.4; π. νόμον θεοῦ LXX.Isa.1.11, cf. LXX.Exo.34.11: also π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων, τῶν γραμματέων,LXX.Lev.22.2, NT.Luke.20.46; π. τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα LXX.Deu.12.23)]; π. ἵνα μὴ μαστιγωθῇς[LXX (LXX.2Ch.25.16.)]
4.b devote oneself to a thing, with dative, γυμνασίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.33; τοῖς ἔργοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 553; τοῖς ναυτικοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.15; τῷ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 7.4; πλούτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.122d; τούτῳ τῷ ἀγῶνι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 10)]; τοῖς κοινοῖς, γεωργίᾳ καὶ εἰρήνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 19, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.11.3, etc.:— _absolutely_, ἐντεταμένως, προθύμως π., 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.18, 8.128.)]
5 continue, ἡ νοῦσος, ἡ ὀδύνη π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 11, 7.)]
6 middle, attach oneself to a thing, cling, cleave to it, ὅ τι πρόσσχοιτο τοῦ πηλοῦ τῷ κοντῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.136; ὥσπερ λεπὰς προσεχόμενος τῷ κίονι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 105, compare “Pl.” 1096; τῷ τοίχῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555a1: _absolutely_, οἱ πολύποδες οὕτω π. ὥστε μὴ ἀποσπᾶσθαι [prev. work] 534b27.)]
6.b metaphorically, devote oneself to the service of any one, especially a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.51 (uncertain).)]
7 passive, to be held fast by a thing, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 756)]; to be attached to it, πρὸς τῷ στήθει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14)]; πρὸς τῷ δένδρῳ προσέχεσθαι, of gum, stick to, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.4)]: metaphorically, to be implicated in, τῷ ἄγει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127.)]
II have besides or in addition, δεῖ καὶ τοῦτο προσέχειν τὸ μάθημα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.7, etc.)]