Quick Definition
προσκληρόω v. I assign by lot, allot
Strong's Definition
from 4314 and 2820; to give a common lot to, i.e. (figuratively) to associate with
KJV Usage: consort with
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κληρόω
34.22 · (προσκληρόομαι) · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
to join, to join oneself to, to become a part of to begin an association with someone, whether temporary or permanent προσκληρόομαι in a context such as ACT 17:4 may be rendered as ‘to throw in one’s lot with’ or ‘to identify themselves with’ or ‘to become a part of the same group as.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-κληρόω, -@: 1 aor. pass. 3 pers. plur. προσεκληρώθησαν; to add or assign to by lot, to allot: προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ, were allotted by God to Paul, viz. as disciples, followers, Acts xvii. 4 [W. § 39, 2 fin.; al. give it a middle force, joined their lot to, attached themselves to, (A. V. consorted with); cf. leg. ad Gaium § 10 and other exx. fr. Philo as below]. (Plut. mor. p. 738 d.; Leian. am. 3; freq. in Philo, ef. Loesner, Observy. p. 209 sqq-)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσκληρόω prosklēroō 1x
pr. to assign by lot; in NT, to adjoin one’s self to, associate with, follow as a disciple, Acts 17:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† προσ-κληρόω, -ῶ, to allot to, assign to by lot; pass. (but perh. as mid., EV, consorted with, so Syr.): Ac 17:4 (for exx., v, Cremer, 749).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσκληρόω. In Ac 174, the only occurrence of this verb in the NT, προσεκληρώθησαν is best understood with a pass. meaning answering to its pass. form, ‘‘ were allotted to’’: cf. OG/S 257° (B.C. 109) Σελευκεῖς τοὺς ἐν Πιερίαι τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου [ἐξ ἀρχῆς] μὲν τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν προσκληρωθέντας, with Dittenberger's note. See also P Par 63.1.18 (B.c. 164) ἔδει μὲν οὖν δημοδικῇ παιδήᾳ προσκεκληρωμένον καὶ μεμνημένον τῆς ἐκ παιδὸς πρός τε τὸν ἡμέτερον πατέρα κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσκληρόω (prosklēroō) — to join. προσκληρόω, allot, assign, attribute, ἀκοσμίαν τινί [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, future -ώσομαι, τιμὴν αὑτῷ [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be assigned, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also, to be attached to, Παύλῳ [NT]