Quick Definition
προσέχω v. I pay attention to, devote myself to
Strong's Definition
from 4314 and 2192; (figuratively) to hold the mind (3563 implied) towards, i.e. pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to
KJV Usage: (give) attend(-ance, -ance at, -ance to, unto), beware, be given to, give (take) heed (to unto); have regard
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. προσέσχον · pf. προσέσχηκα | ἔχω
27.59 · Learn · Be Ready To Learn, Pay Attention
to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on one’s guard against to be in a continuous state of readiness to learn of any future danger, need, or error, and to respond appropriately
MAT 6:1 · MAT 7:15 · MAT 10:17 · MAT 16:6 · MAT 16:11 · MAT 16:12 · LUK 12:1 · LUK 17:3 · LUK 20:46 · LUK 21:34 · ACT 20:28
30.35 · Think · To Think, Thought
to pay close attention to, to consider carefully to pay close attention to something, with the possible implication of agreement
ACT 5:35 · ACT 8:6 · ACT 8:10 · ACT 8:11 · ACT 16:14 · 1TI 4:13 · TIT 1:14 · 2PE 1:19
31.47 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Believe To Be True
to hold firmly to, to continue to believe to hold firmly to a particular belief The equivalent of ἐπέχω[b] and προσέχω[c] may be simply ‘to continue to strongly believe’ or ‘to not give up at all to believe.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-έχω ; impf. προσεῖχον; pf. προσέσχηκα; [ pres. mid. 3 pers. sing. προσέχεται (1 Tim. vi. 3 Tdf.)]; to turn to [ef. πρός, IV. 1], i. 6. 1. to bring to, bring near; thus very freq. in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down with ναῦν (quite as often omitting the ναῦν) and a dat. of place, or foll. by πρός with an ace. of place, to bring a ship to land, and simply to touch at, put in. 2. a. τὸν νοῦν, to turn the mind to, attend to, be attentive: τινί, to a person or thing, Arstph. 644. 503; Plat., Dem., Polyb., Joseph., Leian., Plut., al.; once so in the Bible, viz. Job vii. 17. The simple προσέχειν τινί (Sept. for rypn, also for }*1877), with τὸν νοῦν omitted, is often used in the same sense from Xen. down; so in the N. T. [cf. W.593 (552); B. 144 (126)]: Acts viii. 6 ; xvi. 14; Heb. ii. 1; 2 Pet. i. 19, (i Mace. vii. 11; 4 Mace. 1.1 ; Sap. viii.12); in the sense of caring for, providing for, Acts xx. 28. b. mpooέχω ἐμαυτῷ, (0 attend to one’s self, i. 6. te give heed to one’s self (Sept. for 11W3, to guard one’s self, i.e. to beware, Gen. xxiv. 6; Ex. x. 28; Deut. iv. 9; vi. 12, ete.): Lk. xvii. 3; Acts v. 35 [ef. B. 337 (290); W.557 (518); yet see ἐπί, Β. 2 f.a.]; with the addition of ἀπό twos, to be on one’s guard against, beware of, a thing [ef. B. § 147, 3 (ἀπό, 1. 8 b.)]: Lk. xii. 1 (Tob. iv. 12; [ Test. xii. Patr., test. Dan 67); also without the dat. προσέχ. ἀπό τινος : Mt. vii. 15; x.17; xvi. 6,11 sq.; Lk. xx. 46, (Sir. vi. 13; xi. 33; xvii. 14; xviii. 27; [‘ Teaching’ ete. 6,3; 12,57); foll. by μή with an inf., to take heed lest one doa thing, Mt. vi. 15 ἐμαυτῷ, μήποτε with the subjunc. Lk. xxi. 34; absol. to give attention, take heed: Sir. xiii. 13; Barn. ep.4, 9; 7,4.6.[9]; foll. by πῶς, Barn. ep. 7, 7; by the interrog. τί, ib. 15, 4; iva, ib. 16,8; ἵνα μήποτε, Barn. ep. 4,13 [var.; ἵνα μή, 2 Chr. xxv. 16]; [μήποτε, Barn. ep. 4, 14]. 3. 56. ἐμαυτόν, to apply one’s self to, attach one’s self to, hold or cleave to a person or a thing, [R.V. mostly give heed]: with the dat. of a pers. to one, Acts viii. 10 sq.; 1 Tim. iv. 1; τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ mp. καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ Kai διαO46 ᾿ προσκαλέω
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσέχω prosechō 24x
to have in addition; to hold to, bring near; absol. to apply the mind to a thing, to give heed to, attend to, observe, consider, Acts 5:35; Heb. 2:1; 2 Pet. 1:19; to take care of, provide for, Acts 20:28; when followed by ἀπό, μή, or μήποτε, to beware of, take heed of, guard against, Mt. 6:1; 7:15; to assent to, yield credence to, follow, adhere or be attached to, Acts 8:6, 10, 11; 16:14; to give one’s self up to, be addicted to, engage in, be occupied with, 1 Tim. 1:4, 3:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προσ-έχω,
[in LXX for קשׁב hi., שׁמר ni., etc.;]
to turn to, bring to (freq. ναῦν, expressed or understood, to bring to port, land; Hdt., al.).
τ. νοῦν, seq. dat., to turn one's mind to, attend to; in Xen. and later writers with νοῦν omitted (Bl., § 53, 1; 81, 1): Ac 8:6 16:14, He 2:1, II Pe 1:19; in sense of caring or providing for, Ac 20:28; π. ἑαυτῷ, to give heed to oneself (M, Pr., 157; cf. Ge 24:6, Ex 10:28, al.): Lk 17:3 21:34, Ac 5:35; id. seq. ἀπό (M, Pr., 102; Bl., § 34, 11; 40, 3; v.s. βλέπω), Lk 12:1; (without dat.) Mt 7:15 10:17 16:6, 11, 12, Lk 20:46 (cf. Si 6:13, al.); seq. μή, c. inf. (M, Pr., 193; Bl., § 69, 4), Mt 6:1.
to attach or devote oneself to: c. dat. pers., Ac 8:10, 11, I Ti 4:1; c. dat. rei, I Ti 1:4 3:8 4:13 6:3 T (-ερχ-, WH, R), Tit 1:14, He 7:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσέχω at the same amount as the προσευχή, viz. 768 drachmae ; but there is nothing to determine how the two are related (cf. Moulton Exp 7’ xix. p. 41). Amongst the inscrr. a special interest is attached to the ili/B.c. inscr. cited s.v. πλάξ, OGZS 1298 (= Chrest. I. p. 79), where the right of asylum is granted to a Jewish proseucha—riv προσευχὴν ἄσυλον. See further 26. 7267 (B.c. 246-221) ὑπὲρ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλίσσης Βερενίκης ἀδελφῆς καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ τῶν τέκνων τὴν προσευχὴν οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι, 10. 96° (B.c. 205-181) οἱ ἐν ᾿Αθρίβει ᾿Ιουδαῖοι τὴν προσευχὴν Θεῷ Ὑψίστῳ, and of a later date 26. 101° ‘Epplas καὶ Φιλ(ω)τέρα ἡ γυνὴ καὶ τὰ παιδία τήνδε ἐξέδραν τῆι προσευχῆ(ι). Mention may also be made of a Jewish deed of manumission, Zatyschev 11. 52, where a Jewess announces the freedom bestowed on a slave ὅ ἐπὶ τῆς [προ]σευχῆς, ‘in the proseucha,’’ i.e. in the presence of the congregation. Noteworthy too are the further words of the same inscr. 13 χωρὶς is τ[ὴϊν προ[σ]ευχὴν θωπείας τε καὶ προσκα[ρτερ]ήσεως, ‘besides reverence and constancy towards the place of prayer,” if only because of the association of προσευχή and προσκαρτέρησις (cf. Ac 1*a/.): see Schiirer Geschichte? iii. p. 53, Deissmann 2.4. p. 100 nt. From the above instances it will be seen that προσευχή 1s used -- συναγωγή, but as Curtius (2x~ VII. iv. p. 454) remarks ‘every προσευχή is not therefore a synagogue.” Additional exx. will be found in Strack’s paper on Ptolemaic inscrr. in Archiv ii. p. 537 ff., where he notes five Jewish “places of prayer” in Upper Egypt, and many in Lower. For προσευχή, as a place of heathen worship, we may recall Latyschev I. 987 (= C7G 11. 2079) &px[ovtes] τὴν προσευχὴν ἐϊπεϊσκεύασαν τῇ ἑαυϊτῶν] προνοίᾳ στεγάσαντες] ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μέχρι... Boeckh (C/G ad 4) defines προσευχήν as ‘sacellum adorando deo destinatum,’” the particular god being uncertain, but it should be noted that Schiirer (Geschichte, ii. p. 444) thinks that Jewish influence is possible in this case.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσέχω (prosechō) — to watch out. προσέχω [Refs 5th c.AD+] ποέχω (which see)) and προσίσχω: aorist προσέσχον:— hold to, offer, προσέσχε μαζὸν [δράκοντι] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; hold against, [τὴν ἀσπίδα] προσῖσχε πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; apply, χλιάσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. π. ναῦν bring a ship to port, προσσχόντες τὰς νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σε προσέσχε.. χρεί; brought thee to land here? [Refs 5th c.BC+], put in, touch at a place, προσσχεῖν ἐς Τύρον, ἐς τὴν Σάμον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative loci, π. τῇ γῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with words added, πλέων δι᾽ Ἑλλησπόντου π. ἐς Κύζικον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς γῇ προσέξων τὸ σῶμα, of a shipwrecked sailor, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. turn to or towards a thing, π. ὄμμα [Refs 5th c.BC+] turn one's mind, attention to a thing, be intent on it, τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν νοῦν τινι give heed to him, pay court to him, [Refs]; ἑαυτῷ π. τὸν νοῦν to be thinking with himself, in a fit of abstraction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν νοῦν μὴ.. take heed lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσεχέτω τὸν νοῦν let him take heed, as a warning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὴν γνώμην π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but περὶ τούτου τῇ διανοίᾳ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τῇ διανοίᾳ εἰς τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου [LXX]
4. without τὸν νοῦν, μὴ πρόσισχε.. βουκόλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σαυτῷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἑαυτοῖς ἀπό τινος to be on one's guard against, [NT]; πρόσεχ᾽ οἷς φράζω attend to what I shall tell you, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς χιλιάρχοις take orders from them, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; προσέχων ἀκουσάτω attentively, [NT+5th c.BC+]; π. ἵνα μὴ μαστιγωθῇς[LXX]
4. b devote oneself to a thing, with dative, γυμνασίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς κοινοῖς, γεωργίᾳ καὶ εἰρήνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. continue, ἡ νοῦσος, ἡ ὀδύνη π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. middle, attach oneself to a thing, cling, cleave to it, ὅ τι πρόσσχοιτο τοῦ πηλοῦ τῷ κοντῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. b metaphorically, devote oneself to the service of any one, especially a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
7. passive, to be held fast by a thing, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be attached to it, πρὸς τῷ στήθει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τῷ δένδρῳ προσέχεσθαι, of gum, stick to, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be implicated in, τῷ ἄγει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. have besides or in addition, δεῖ καὶ τοῦτο προσέχειν τὸ μάθημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]