Strong's Concordance prosechó: to hold to, turn to, attend to Original Word: προσέχωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosechó Phonetic Spelling: (pros-ekh'-o) Short Definition: I pay attention to, devote myself to Definition: (a) I attend to, pay attention to, (b) I beware, am cautious, (c) I join, devote myself to. HELPS Word-studies 4337 prosé Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4337: προσέχωπροσέχω; imperfect προσεῖχον; perfect προσέσχηκα; (present middle 3 person singular προσέχεται (1 Timothy 6:3 Tdf.)); to turn to (cf. πρός, IV. 1), that is, 1. to bring to, bring near; thus very frequent in Greek writings from Herodotus down with ναῦν (quite as often omitting the ναῦν) and a dative of place, or followed by πρός with an accusative of place, to bring a ship to land, and simply to touch at, put in. 2. a. τόν νοῦν, to turn the mind to, attend to, be attentive: τίνι, to a person or thing, Aristophanes eqq. 503; Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, Lucian, Plutarch, others; once so in the Bible, viz. Job 7:17. The simple προσέχειν τίνι (the Sept. for הִקְשִׁיב, also for הֶאֱזִין), with τόν νοῦν omitted, is often used in the same sense from Xenophon down; so in the N. T. (cf. Winers Grammar, 593 (552); Buttmann, 144 (126)): Acts 8:6; Acts 16:14; Hebrews 2:1; 2 Peter 1:19 (1 Macc. 7:11; 4 Macc. 1:1; Wis. 8:12); in the sense of caring for, providing for, Acts 20:28. b. προσέχω ἐμαυτῷ, to attend to oneself, i. e. to give heed to oneself (the Sept. for נִשְׁמָר, to guard oneself, i. e. to beware, Genesis 24:6; Exodus 10:28; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:12, etc.): Luke 17:3; Acts 5:35 (cf. Buttmann, 337 (290); Winers Grammar, 567 (518); yet see ἐπί, B. 2 f. α.); with the addition of ἀπό τίνος, to be on one's guard against, beware of, a thing (cf. Buttmann, § 147, 3 (ἀπό, I. 3 b.)): Luke 12:1 (Tobit 4:12; (Test xii. Patr., test. Dan 6)); also without the dative προσέχειν ἀπό τίνος: Matthew 7:15; Matthew 10:17; Matthew 16:6, 11; Luke 20:46, (Sir. 6:13 Sir. 11:33 Sir. 17:14 Sir. 18:27; ('Teaching' etc. 6, 3 [ET]; 12, 5 [ET])); followed by μή with an infinitive, to take heed lest one do a thing, Matthew 6:1; ἐμαυτῷ, μήποτε with the subjunctive Luke 21:34; absolutely to give attention, take heed: Sir. 13:13; the Epistle of Barnabas 4, 9 [ET]; 7, 4 [ET], 6. (9); followed by πῶς, the Epistle of Barnabas 7, 7 [ET]; by the interrogative τί, ibid. 15, 4 [ET]; ἵνα, ibid. 16, 8 [ET]; ἵνα μήποτε, the Epistle of Barnabas 4, 13 [ET] (variant; ἵνα μή, 2 Chronicles 25:16); (μήποτε, the Epistle of Barnabas 4, 14). 3. namely, ἐμαυτόν, to apply oneself to, attach oneself to, hold or cleave to a person or a thing (R. V. mostly give heed): with the dative of a person to one, Acts 8:10; 1 Timothy 4:1; τῷ ἐπισκόπω προσεχ. καί τῷ πρεσβυτεριω καί διακόνοις, Ignatius ad Philad. 7, 1 [ET]; ad Polycarp, 6, 1 [ET]; with the dative of a thing, μύθοις, 1 Timothy 1:4; Titus 1:14; (middle ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις, 1 Timothy 6:3 Tdf. (others προσέρχεται, which see b. β.)); to be given or addicted to: οἴνῳ, 1 Timothy 3:8 (τρυφή, Julian Caesar 22 (p. 326, Spanh. edition); τρυφή καί μέθηl, Polyaen. strateg. 8, 56); to devote thought and effort to: τῇ ἀναγνώσει κτλ., 1 Timothy 4:13; τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ (A. V. give attendance), Hebrews 7:13 (ναυτικοις, Thucydides 1, 15; for other examples from Greek writings see Passow, under the word, 3 c.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 4 b.)). From pros and echo; (figuratively) to hold the mind (nous implied) towards, i.e. Pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to -- (give) attend(-ance, -ance at, -ance to, unto), beware, be given to, give (take) heed (to unto); have regard. see GREEK pros see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 433724 Occurrences πρόσεχε — 1 Occ. προσέχειν — 4 Occ. Προσέχετε — 11 Occ. προσέχοντας — 1 Occ. προσέχοντες — 3 Occ. προσεῖχον — 3 Occ. προσέσχηκεν — 1 Occ. Matthew 6:1 V-PMA-2P GRK: Προσέχετε δὲ τὴν NAS: Beware of practicing KJV: Take heed that ye do not INT: Beware moreover the Matthew 7:15 V-PMA-2P Matthew 10:17 V-PMA-2P Matthew 16:6 V-PMA-2P Matthew 16:11 V-PMA-2P Matthew 16:12 V-PNA Luke 12:1 V-PMA-2P Luke 17:3 V-PMA-2P Luke 20:46 V-PMA-2P Luke 21:34 V-PMA-2P Acts 5:35 V-PMA-2P Acts 8:6 V-IIA-3P Acts 8:10 V-IIA-3P Acts 8:11 V-IIA-3P Acts 16:14 V-PNA Acts 20:28 V-PMA-2P 1 Timothy 1:4 V-PNA 1 Timothy 3:8 V-PPA-AMP 1 Timothy 4:1 V-PPA-NMP 1 Timothy 4:13 V-PMA-2S Titus 1:14 V-PPA-NMP Hebrews 2:1 V-PNA Hebrews 7:13 V-RIA-3S 2 Peter 1:19 V-PPA-NMP |
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