Strong G4377προσφωνέω
to call to/summon
- Transliteration
- prosphōneō
- Pronunciation
- pros-fo-neh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-φωνέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 1Es.2:21 Est.6:6 Est.6:22, 2Ma.15:15 *;]
1. to address, call to; in cl., with accusative of person(s), with dupl. accusative (cf. 2Mac, l.with); absol. (Hom., Od., v, 159, al.): Act.21:40 In late writers, with dative of person(s): Mat.11:16, Luk.7:32 13:12 23:20, Act.22:2.
2. to call by name, summon: with accusative (as in cl.), Luk.6:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 1Es.2:21 Est.6:6 Est.6:22, 2Ma.15:15 *;]
1. to address, call to; in cl., with accusative of person(s), with dupl. accusative (cf. 2Mac, l.with); absol. (Hom., Od., v, 159, al.): Act.21:40 In late writers, with dative of person(s): Mat.11:16, Luk.7:32 13:12 23:20, Act.22:2.
2. to call by name, summon: with accusative (as in cl.), Luk.6:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4377 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- call3
- spake2
- unto2
First verses
- Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Luke 6:13And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
- Luke 7:32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
- Luke 13:12And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
- Luke 23:20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
- Acts 21:40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
- Acts 22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσφων-έω,
call or speak to, address, present first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 236: used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in imperfect, the Epic dialect aorist being προσέειπον, τινα [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.22, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.69: _absolutely_, 5.159, 10.109, +others: later with _dative_ _person_, LXX.1Esd.2.21, Antig.Rex cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.7, NT.Matt.11.16, NT.Act.22.2)]: with double accusative, address words to a person, οὐδέ τί μιν προσεφώνεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.332, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 159, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 664.)]
2 call by name, ποδαπὸν ὅμιλον τόνδε.. προσφωνοῦμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” [same place]; ὀνόματι π. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 942)]; π. τινὰ βασιλέα salute him king, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.38.3, etc.)]
3 issue directions or orders, τινι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.109 (2nd c.BC): _absolutely_, followed by ὅπως, [prev. work] 124.21 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 106.20 (2nd c.BC).)]
II with accusative of things, pronounce, utter, τήνδε π. φάτιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1213; τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα “IG” 7.2713.7 (Acraeph., 1st c.AD))]; address or dedicate a book, τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 16.11.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 1, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313f, etc.)]
II.2 make a report, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 475,476 (2nd c.AD))]; περί τινος Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 27.15 (2nd c.AD): _absolutely_, “OGI” 572.43 (Myra, 2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
call or speak to, address, present first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 236: used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in imperfect, the Epic dialect aorist being προσέειπον, τινα [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.22, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.69: _absolutely_, 5.159, 10.109, +others: later with _dative_ _person_, LXX.1Esd.2.21, Antig.Rex cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.7, NT.Matt.11.16, NT.Act.22.2)]: with double accusative, address words to a person, οὐδέ τί μιν προσεφώνεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.332, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 159, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 664.)]
2 call by name, ποδαπὸν ὅμιλον τόνδε.. προσφωνοῦμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” [same place]; ὀνόματι π. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 942)]; π. τινὰ βασιλέα salute him king, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.38.3, etc.)]
3 issue directions or orders, τινι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.109 (2nd c.BC): _absolutely_, followed by ὅπως, [prev. work] 124.21 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 106.20 (2nd c.BC).)]
II with accusative of things, pronounce, utter, τήνδε π. φάτιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1213; τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα “IG” 7.2713.7 (Acraeph., 1st c.AD))]; address or dedicate a book, τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 16.11.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 1, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313f, etc.)]
II.2 make a report, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 475,476 (2nd c.AD))]; περί τινος Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 27.15 (2nd c.AD): _absolutely_, “OGI” 572.43 (Myra, 2nd-3rd c.AD).)]