προσέρχομαι
To come near/agree
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What does προσέρχομαι (prosérchomai) mean in the Bible?
προσέρχομαι (prosérchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to come near/agree". προσ-έρχομαι [in LXX for קָרַב, נָגַשׁ, etc. Calls believers into active covenant participation. This term runs through the canonical themes of Covenant.
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Meaning
To approach physically or spiritually; metaphorically, to draw near to God with reverence and access.
to approach, draw near: absol., Mat.4:11, Luk.9:42, al.; with infin., Mat.24:1, al.; with dative loc., Heb.12:18, 22; dative of person(s), Mat.5:1, and freq., Jhn.12:21, al.; ptcp., προσελθών, with indic., Mat.8:2, and freq., Mrk.1:31, Luk.7:14, al.; π. αὐτῷ, with indic., Mat.4:3, Mrk.6:35, Metaphorical,
Why This Word Matters
Calls believers into active covenant participation. Hebrews 10:19-25
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 51×
Indicative states a fact or reality 31×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 85 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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)
Canonical Themes
Biblical Occurrences
Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.
New Testament Witnesses
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain