Quick Definition
προσορμίζω v. I anchor at a place
Strong's Definition
from 4314 and a derivative of the same as 3730 (meaning to tie (anchor) or lull); to moor to, i.e. (by implication) land at
KJV Usage: draw to the shore
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὁρμίζω (moor, anchor)
54.20 · (προσορμίζομαι) · Maritime Activities
to moor, to anchor, to tie up to moor a ship in a safe place, either by anchor or possibly by drawing up on a beach
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-ορμίζω : 1 aor. pass. 3 pers. plur. προσωρμίσθησαν! (ὅρμος ἃ roadstead, anchorage) ; to bring a ship to moorings (Lcian. am. 11); esp. so in the mid., prop. to take one’s stalion ‘near the shore; to moor, come to anchor, (Hdt., Dem., Plut., al.) ; the 1 aor. pass. is used in the same sense (Arr. exp. Alex. 6,4 and 20; Ael. v. h. 8,5; Dio Cass. 41, 48; 64, 1), Mk. vi. 53.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσορμίζω prosormizō 1x
to bring a ship to its station or to land; mid. to come to the land, Mk. 6:53*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* προσ-ορμίζω
(< ὅρμος, an anchorage),
to bring a ship to anchor at; usually in mid., to come to anchor near, and so pass. in late writers (Ael., Dio Cass.): Mk 6:53.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσορμίζω, ‘“bring to anchor” (Mk 658): cf. the similar use of προσορμέω in P Leid Uti? (B.c. 343) (=I. p. 123, ΡΖ i. p. 370), where Nektonabos dreams in the Serapeum that he saw a papyrus boat (πλοῖον παπύρινον) προσορμῆσαι eis Μέμφιν, and P Goodsp Cairo 114 (iv/A.p.) ἐνεβάλου els τὸ προσορμοῦν πλοῖον . . ξέστα[ς] ἰταλικ(οὺς) ἑκατὸν τέσσαρας μόνους.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσορμίζω (prosormizō) — to moor/anchor. προσορμ-ίζω, bring a ship to anchor at or near, Κνίδῳ προσορμίσαι (i.e. τὴν ναῦν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—in early writers only middle, come to anchor near a place, ἔα τὰς νέας πρὸς τὴν Δῆλον προσορμίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τουτους (i.e. λιμένας) μὴ προσορμίζου [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ποῖ οὖν προσορμιούμεθ; [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—later in passive, προσορμισθεὶς τῷ αἰγιαλῷ [NT+1st c.AD+]