"to lead or conduct to, bring, Lk. 9:41; Acts 16:20; to conduct to the presence of, to procure access for, 1 Pet. 3:18; to bring near; to near, in a nautical sense, Acts 27:27*"
Definition and meaning
to lead or conduct to, bring, Lk. 9:41; Acts 16:20; to conduct to the presence of, to procure access for, 1 Pet. 3:18; to bring near; to near, in a nautical sense, Acts 27:27*
In the original Greek the word is written: προσάγω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of prosago (G4317) across the King James Bible.
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Common questions
Strong's G4317 (prosago) is a Greek word that means: to lead or conduct to, bring, Lk. 9:41; Acts 16:20; to conduct to the presence of, to procure access for, 1 Pet. 3:18; to bring near; to near, in a nautical sense, Acts 27:27* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word prosago (G4317) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4317 is prosago, a Greek word defined as: to lead or conduct to, bring, Lk. 9:41; Acts 16:20; to conduct to the presence of, to procure access for, 1 Pet. 3:18; to bring near; to near, in a na. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
prosago is a Greek word found in the New Testament.