προσάγω

προσάγω 2 aor. προσήγαγον, impv. προσάγαγε, inf. προσαγαγεῖν; pf. 3 pl. προσαγειόχασιν Lev 10:19. Pass.: impf. προσηγόμην; 1 fut. 3 sg. προσαχθήσεται Lev 14:2; 1 aor. προσήχθην (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr, apolog.).

① trans. bring into someone’s presence, bring (forward)

ⓐ lit. τινά someone Ac 12:6 v.l.; B 13:5a. Pass. MPol 9:1f. προσάγαγε ὧδε τὸν υἱόν Lk 9:41. W. acc. to be supplied Ἰωσὴφ προσήγαγεν (αὐτόν) εἰς … B 13:5b (πρ. τινὰ εἴς τι Herodian 1, 5, 1). τινά τινι bring someone to someone Ac 16:20; B 13:4 (Gen 48:9); pass. Mt 18:24 v.l.

ⓑ fig.

α. of Christ, who brings people to God (X., Cyr. 1, 3, 8 of admission to an audience with the Great King) ἵνα ὑμᾶς προσαγάγῃ τῷ θεῷ 1 Pt 3:18 (Just., D. 2, 1 al.; Jos., Ant. 14, 272 the mid. conveys the sense ‘negotiate peace’, ‘reconcile’).

β. as a t.t. of sacrificial procedure (Hdt. 3, 24 et al.; LXX; EpArist 45 π. θυσίας) bring, present, of Isaac προσήγετο θυσία 1 Cl 31:3. προσάξω αὐτὸ δῶρον κυρίῳ I will present it (the child, Mary) to the Lord as a gift GJs 4:1. τὴν θρησκείαν πρ. αὐτῷ (=τῷ θεῷ) offer (cultic) worship to God Dg 3:2 (cp. Tob 12:12; Ath. 13, 2). Abs. ὀφείλομεν πλουσιώτερον καὶ ὑψηλότερον προσάγειν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ we ought to sacrifice all the more bountifully and richly out of fear of (God) B 1:7; but s. 2b.

② intr. to move toward a reference point, come near, approach (Theocr. et al.; Plut., Mor. 800a, Pomp. 643 [46, 1]; SIG 1042, 3; PTebt 47, 15; Josh 3:9; 1 Km 9:18; 3 Km 18:30ab; Sir 12:13; 2 Macc 6:19; EpArist 59; Jos., Ant. 6, 52.—Anz 335).

ⓐ lit. ὑπενόουν προσάγειν τινὰ αὐτοῖς χώραν they suspected that land was near (lit. ‘approaching them’) Ac 27:27 (vv.ll. προσανέχειν, προσεγγίζειν, προσαχεῖν).

ⓑ fig., of pers. approaching God B 2:9. προσάγειν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ (= τοῦ θεοῦ) approach (the fear of) God 1:7, unless πρ. here means bring an offering (so Lghtf. et al.; s. 1bβ).—M-M. TW.