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G4320 προσαναβαίνω (prosanabaínō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I go up to, come up to

Strong's Definition

to ascend farther, i.e. be promoted (take an upper (more honorable) seat)

Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and G305 (ἀναβαίνω);

KJV Usage: go up

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προσαναβαίνω: 2 aorist imperative 2 person singular προσανάβηθι; to go up farther: with ἀνώτερον added, Luk_14:10 (A. V. go up higher; others regard the προς( as adding the suggestion of 'motion to' the place where the host stands: 'come up higher' (cf. Pro_25:7). Xenophon, Aristotle, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προσαναβαίνω prosanabainō 1x to go up further, Luk_14:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προσ -ανα -βαίνω , [in LXX : Exo_19:23 , al . ( H5927 );] 1. to go up besides. 2. to go up higher: Luk_14:10 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προσαναβαίνω [page 545] For the AV, RV rendering go up higher for προσανάβηθι in Luk_14:10 , Field ( Notes , p. 66 f.) prefers come up higher, in order to give προσ its full force. For this meaning of approach to where the host is sitting cf. the use of the single comp d . ἀναβαίνω in Pro_25:7 , and the use of προσβαίνω in such passages as P Oxy VII. 1028 .11 (A.D. 86) τοὺς προσβαίνοντ (ας ) εἰς τοὺς (τεσσαρεσκαιδεκαετεις ), those approaching the age of 14, P Grenf II. 49 .5 (A.D. 141) Ἀνουβᾶ προσβ (άντος ) εἰς ιδ (ἔτος ) τῷ ἐνεστῶτι ε̄ (ἔτει ) Ἀντωνίνου .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

προσαναβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι "to go up or mount besides", Xen. :— "to rise higher", as a swollen river, Polyb. : metaph., πρ. τῷ Ῥωμύλῳ "to go back" to Romulus, Plut.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

προσ-ανα-βαίνω [in LXX: Exo.19:23, al. (עָלָה) ;] __1. to go up besides. __2. to go up higher: Luk.14:10.† (AS)

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