Quick Definition
I assign by lot, allot
Strong's Definition
to give a common lot to, i.e. (figuratively) to associate with
Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and G2820 (κληρόω);
KJV Usage: consort with
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσκληρόω, προσκλήρω: 1 aorist passive 3 person plural προσεκληρώθησαν; to add or assign to by lot, to allot: προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ, were allotted by God to Paul, viz., as disciples, followers, Act_17:4 (Winers Grammar, § 39, 2 at the end; others give it a middle force, joined their lot to, attached themselves to (A. V. consorted with); cf. leg. ad Gaium § 10 and other examples from Philo as below). (Plutarch, mor., p. 738 d.; Lucian, Amo_3:1-15; frequent in Philo, cf. Loesner, Observations, p. 209ff.)
STRONGS NT 4345a: προσκλίνωπροσκλίνω: 1 aorist passive 3 person singular προσεκλίθη;
1. transitive, (to cause) to lean against (cf. πρός, IV, 4) (Homer, Pindar).
2. intransitive, τίνι, to incline toward one, lean to his side or party: Polybius 4, 51, 5, etc.; 1 aorist passive προσεκλιθην with a middle significance to join oneself to one: Act_5:36 L T Tr WH ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)); 2Ma_14:24; τοῖς δικαίοις προσεκλίθη, Schol. ad Aristophanes, Plutarch, 1027; προσεκλιθητε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 47, 4 [ET] and in other later writings.
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, Act_17:4
προσκλίνω prosklinō 1x
pr. to make to lean upon or against a thing; met., to join one s self to, follow as an adherent, Act_5:36
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† προσ -κληρόω , -ῶ ,
to allot to, assign to by lot; pass . (but perh. as nid., EV , consorted with , so Syr.): Act_17:4 (for exx ., v, Cremer , 749).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσκληρόω [page 549]
In Act_17:4 , 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. OGIS 257 .5 (B.C. 109) Σελευκεῖς τοὺς ἐν Πιερίαι τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου [ἐξ ἀρχῆς ] μὲν τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν προσκληρωθέντας , with Dittenherger s note. See also P Par 63 viii. 18 (B.C. 164) ἔδει μὲν οὖν δημοδικῇ παιδήᾳ προσκεκληρωμένον καὶ μεμνημένον τῆς ἐκ παιδὸς πρός τε τὸν ἡμέτερον πατέρα κτλ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προσ-κληρόω, -ῶ
to allot to, assign to by lot; pass. (but perh. as nid., EV, consorted with, so Syr.): Act.17:4 (for exx., v, Cremer, 749).†
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