prosagōgas

Strong’sG4318

approach, access

stem prosagōg-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* προσ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ,

(< προσάγω),

1. a bringing to.

2. approach, access (v. Lft., Notes, 284; MM, xxi): Ro 5:2, Eph 2:18 3:12 (but v. Ellic., Eph., 59 f., where the transitive sense "introduction" is advocated).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4318 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpros-ag-ogue-ay'

admission

Fromfrom G4317 (compare G72);

King Jamesaccess.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

προσᾰγωγ-ή, ἡ,
bringing to, πρὸς τὴν τῆς τροφῆς π. for the purpose of bringing the food to the mouth, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 bringing up, μηχανημάτων, ὀργάνων, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π., much like our phrase 'to make approaches', Refs
3 a bringing over, acquisition, ξυμμάχων Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ π. φίλος a friend under compulsion, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 administering or taking of medicine, Refs 1st c.BC+
II solemn approach, as at festivals or in supplication, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 approach, access, introduction to a person, especially to a king's presence, NT+5th c.BC+
II.3 π. νεῶν a place for ships to put in, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 attack, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 addition, of food, opposed to ἀφαίρεσις, Refs 5th c.BC+by gradual additions, gradually, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἀθρόος, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἐξαίφνης, Refs; τόποι ὑψηλοὶ ἐκ π. rising gradually to a height, Refs
III accession, addition, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 increase of rent, Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV surface of a stone intended for application to another, Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

access3×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	prosagōgas	prosagōgais
object accusative	prosagōgan3×προσαγωγὴν	prosagōgain
direct address vocative	prosagōgar	prosagōgair
of, belonging to genitive	prosagōgau	prosagōgaiu
to, for dative	prosagōga	prosagōgai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

prosagōgstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prosagōga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

prosagōgan“access”objectaccusative singular3×

Romans 5:2dia hou kai tan prosagōgan echanē ta pistia eis tan charitan …through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in …

Ephesians 2:18hoti dia autou echanō tan prosagōgan tois amfoterois en hene pneume pros …For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Ephesians 3:12“access”en ho echanō tan parrēsian kai prosagōgan en pepoithēsia dia tau pistiau autou.… Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.