4377. prosphóneó

Strong's Lexicon

prosphóneó: To call to, to address, to speak to

Original Word: προσφωνέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prosphóneó
Pronunciation: pros-fo-neh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-fo-neh'-o)
Definition: To call to, to address, to speak to
Meaning: I call to, summon; I call (out) to, address, give a speech to, harangue.

Word Origin: From πρός (pros, meaning "to" or "toward") and φωνέω (phoneo, meaning "to call" or "to speak")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for προσφωνέω, similar concepts of calling or addressing can be found in Hebrew words like קָרָא (qara, Strong's H7121), which means "to call" or "to proclaim."

Usage: The verb προσφωνέω is used in the New Testament to describe the act of calling out or addressing someone directly. It implies a personal and direct form of communication, often with the intention of getting the attention of the person being addressed. This term is used in contexts where a speaker is making a deliberate effort to engage with someone, often in a public or formal setting.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, public speaking and direct address were important aspects of communication, especially in civic and religious contexts. The act of calling out to someone was a way to establish a connection and convey a message with authority or urgency. In the context of the New Testament, this term reflects the oral culture of the time, where spoken words carried significant weight and were a primary means of teaching and interaction.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from pros and phóneó
Definition
to call to
NASB Translation
addressed (1), addressing (1), call (2), called (1), called...over (1), spoke (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4377: προσφωνέω

προσφωνέω, προσφώνω; imperfect 3 person singular προσεφώνει; 1 aorist προσεφώνησα;

1. to call to; to address by calling: absolutely, Luke 13:12; Luke 23:20 (where L WH add αὐτοῖς); Acts 21:40 (Homer, Odyssey 5, 159 etc.); with the dative of a person (cf. Winer's Grammar, 36), Matthew 11:16; Luke 7:32; Acts 22:2,. ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 7).

2. to call to oneself, summon: τινα (so the better Greek writings; see Matthiae, § 402 b.; (Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)), Luke 6:13.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

call unto, speak unto.

From pros and phoneo; to sound towards, i.e. Address, exclaim, summon -- call unto, speak (un-)to.

see GREEK pros

see GREEK phoneo

Forms and Transliterations

προσεφωνει προσεφώνει προσεφώνησε προσεφωνησεν προσεφώνησεν προσέχαιρε προσέχεε προσέχεεν προσέχεον προσφωνουντα προσφωνοῦντα προσφωνούσι προσφωνουσιν προσφωνούσιν προσφωνοῦσιν προσχεεί προσχέειν προσχεείς προσχέοντι προσχεούσι προσχεούσιν prosephonei prosephōnei prosephṓnei prosephonesen prosephōnēsen prosephṓnesen prosephṓnēsen prosphonounta prosphonoûnta prosphōnounta prosphōnoûnta prosphonousin prosphonoûsin prosphōnousin prosphōnoûsin

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 11:16 V-PPA-NNP
GRK: ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις
NAS: who call out to the other
KJV: and calling unto their
INT: markets and calling out to others

Luke 6:13 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἐγένετο ἡμέρα προσεφώνησεν τοὺς μαθητὰς
NAS: came, He called His disciples
KJV: day, he called [unto him] his
INT: it became day he called to [him] the disciples

Luke 7:32 V-PPA-DMP
GRK: καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις ἃ
NAS: in the market place and call to one another,
KJV: and calling one to another,
INT: sitting and calling to each other one

Luke 13:12 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὁ Ἰησοῦς προσεφώνησεν καὶ εἶπεν
NAS: saw her, He called her over and said
KJV: her, he called [her to him], and
INT: Jesus called to [her] and said

Luke 23:20 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὁ Πιλᾶτος προσεφώνησεν αὐτοῖς θέλων
NAS: Jesus, addressed them again,
KJV: spake again to them.
INT: Pilate called to them wishing

Acts 21:40 V-AIA-3S
GRK: σιγῆς γενομένης προσεφώνησεν τῇ Ἐβραΐδι
NAS: hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew
KJV: silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew
INT: silence having taken place he spoke to [them] with the Hebrew

Acts 22:2 V-IIA-3S
GRK: Ἐβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς μᾶλλον
NAS: And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew
KJV: that he spake in the Hebrew
INT: Hebrew language he spoke to them the more

Strong's Greek 4377
7 Occurrences

προσεφώνησεν — 4 Occ.
προσεφώνει — 1 Occ.
προσφωνοῦντα — 1 Occ.
προσφωνοῦσιν — 1 Occ.