Greek verb · G4377
προσφωνέω
prosphoneopros-fo-neh'-o
to address, call to; to call by name, summon
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prosphōnéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4377is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4377
to sound towards, i.e. address, exclaim, summon
The King James renders it: call unto, speak (un-)to.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
prosphoneo is rendered "to address, call to; to call by name, summon". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to address, call to".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Matthew 11:16προσφωνοῦντα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to address, call to, and to call by name, summon.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to address, call to | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and… |
| to call by name, summonwith accusative (as in cl.), Luk.6:13.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 6:13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| προσέρχομαι | proserchomai | to come near/agree | Uses86 |
| προσεύχομαι | proseuchomai | to pray | Uses85 |
| πρόσωπον | prosopon | face | Uses75 |
| προσκυνέω | proskyneo | to worship | Uses60 |
| προσφέρω | prosphero | to bring to | Uses47 |
| προσευχή | proseuche | prayer | Uses35 |
| προσκαλέομαι | proskaleomai | to call to/summon | Uses28 |
| προσέχω | prosecho | to watch out | Uses24 |
| προστίθημι | prostithemi | to add (to) | Uses18 |
| προσδοκάω | prosdokao | to look for | Uses16 |
| προσδέχομαι | prosdechomai | to wait for/welcome | Uses14 |
| προσλαμβάνω | proslambano | to take | Uses12 |
and 54 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- προσεφώνησεν4
- προσεφώνει1
- προσφωνοῦντα1
- προσφωνοῦσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural1V-PAP-DPN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-PAP-NPN
Matthew
one use
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- προσφωνοῦνταprosphonountaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: calling out
Luke
four uses
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
- προσεφώνησενprosephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called to
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
- προσφωνοῦσινprosphonousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: calling
When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”
- προσεφώνησενprosephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called near
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
- προσεφώνησενprosephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called
Acts
two uses
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
- προσεφώνησενprosephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he addressed
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- προσεφώνειprosephoneiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was addressing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.