προσ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ ; 1. the act of bringing to, a moving to, (Thue., Aristot., Polyb., al.). 2. access, approach, (Hat. 2,58; Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 45) [al., as Meyer on Ro. as below (yet see Weiss in the 6th ed.), Ellic. on Eph., insist on the transitive sense, introduction]: eis τὴν χάριν, Ro. v. 2; to God, i.e. (dropping the figure) that friendly relation with God whereby we are acceptable to him and have assurance that he is favorably disposed towards us, Eph. ii. 18; iii. 12.

προσαγωγή prosagōgē 3x

approach; access, admission, to the presence of any one, Rom. 5:2; Eph. 2:18; 3:12*

* προσ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ,

(< προσάγω),

a bringing to.

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).†

προσαγωγή. Mahaffy in P Petr III. p. 262 says that προσαγωγή sometimes means ‘‘a landing-stage.” This would agree with Pallis on Rom 57, who thinks that χάριν is there pictured as a haven, and that mpooaywynv means ‘‘approach”’ in a nautical sense. In P Petr ILI. 112 (7) versoti- 4 (p. 290) εἰς τομὴν Kal προσαγωγὴν χάλικος, the word must mean “carting.” In P Tebt I. 208 (B.c. 113) ἐπὶ τῶν προσαγωγῶν refers to ‘additions ”’ to the revenue, and in 26. 72449 (B.C. 114-3) τῆς προσαγωγῆς yeyovulas to ‘increase "’ of rent. The gen. plur. προσαγωγίδων in P Petr III. τογ(α) and (d)? (ili/B. Cc.) is supposed by Mahafly to be used as an adj. descriptive of ships, or possibly as connected with the meaning ‘‘ landing-stages.

προσαγωγή (prosagōgē) — access. 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]