Quick Definition
I wait upon, minister to
Strong's Definition
to sit near, i.e. attend as a servant
Derivation: from a compound of G4314 (πρός) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);
KJV Usage: wait at
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσεδρεύω; (πρόσεδρος sitting near (cf. πρός, IV. 3));
1. properly, to sit near ((Euripides, others)).
2. to attend assiduously: τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ (see παρεδρεύω), 1Co_9:13 Rec.; Protevangelium Jacobi, 23, 1 (where we also find the variant παρεδρεύω); τῇ θεραπεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 7, 1; ταῖς φιλοπονιαις, Aristotle, pol. 8, 4, 4, p. 1338b, 25; τοῖς πραγμασι, Demosthenes, pp. 14,15 (i. e. Olynth. 1, 18); with the dative of person to be in attendance upon, not to quit one's side, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 9, 1; (cf. Demosthenes, 914, 28).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρεδρεύω paredreuō 1x
to sit near; to attend, serve, 1Co_9:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προσεδρεύω
( < πρόσεδρος , sitting near ),
[in LXX : 1Ma_11:40 * ;]
1. to sit near.
2. to attend regularly: c . dat ., 1Co_9:13 , Rec. (vs. παρεδρεύω ).†
παρ -εδρεύω ,
[in LXX : Pro_1:21 ; Pro_8:3 * ;]
to sit constantly beside, attend constantly ( cf. MM , xix): τ . θυσιαστηρίω , 1Co_9:13 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
προσεδρεύω fut. σω [Etym: πρόσεδρος] "to sit near, be always at" his "side", c. dat., Eur. , Dem. ; πρ. τῷ διδασκαλείῳ "to be in regular attendance" at the school, id=Dem. metaph. "to sit by and watch", τοῖς πράγμασι id=Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προσεδρεύω
(πρόσεδρος, sitting near), [in LXX: 1Ma.11:40 * ;]
__1. to sit near.
__2. to attend regularly: with dative, 1Co.9:13, Rec. (see: παρεδρεύω).†
παρ-εδρεύω
[in LXX: Pro.1:21 8:3 * ;]
to sit constantly beside, attend constantly (cf. MM, xix): τ. θυσιαστηρίω, 1Co.9:13.†
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