προσφέρω; imperfect προσέφερον; 1 aorist προσήνεγκα; 2 aorist προσηνεγκον; perfect προσενήνοχα (Heb_11:17); passive, present προσφέρομαι; 1 aorist προσηνεχθην; (see references under the word φέρω); from (Pindar), Aeschylus, and Herodotus down; the Sept. often for δΔχΐψΔια, also for δΕαΔιΰ, δΔβΔΜιωΡ, etc., sometimes also for δΖςΑμΘδ where offering sacrifices is spoken of (as 1Ki_18:36 Complutensian; 2Ch_29:7; Jer_14:12); 1. to bring to, lead to: τινα τίνι, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some other kindness, Mat_4:24; Mat_8:16; Mat_9:2; Mat_9:32; Mat_14:35; Mat_17:16; Mar_2:4 (namely, τινα) T WH Tr marginal reading; 10:13; Luk_18:15; passive, in Mat_12:22 (where L WH text act.); R G T; ; one to a person who is to judge him: Luk_23:14; τινα ἐπί τάς συναγωγάς καί τάς ἀρχάς, Luk_12:11 (Winers Grammar, § 52, 3) (where T Tr text WH εἰσφέρωσιν). προσφέρω τί, to bring br present a thing, Mat_25:20; τί τίνι, to reach or hand a thing to one, Mat_22:19; Luk_23:36 (here A. V. offering); τί τῷ στόματι τίνος, to put to, Joh_19:29; a thing to one that he may accept it, to offer: χρήματα, Act_8:18; δῶρα, Mat_2:11; used, as often in the Sept., of persons offering sacrifices, gifts, prayers to God (cf. Kurtz, Brief a. d. Hebrew, p. 154ff): τῷ Θεῷ σφάγια καί θυσίας, Act_7:42; θυσίαν, Heb_11:4; λατρείαν, Joh_16:2; προσφέρειν δῶρον or δῶρα namely, τῷ Θεῷ, Mat_5:23-24; Mat_8:4; Heb_8:3-4; Heb_9:9; θυσίαν, Heb_10:12; plural, Heb_10:1; Heb_10:11; (passive, Heb_10:2; θυσίας (R G θυσίαν) καί προσφοράς (R G προσφοράν) καί ὁλοκαυτώματα καί περί ἁμαρτίας, ibid. 8); δῶρα τέ καί θυσίας ὑπέρ ἁμαρτιῶν, to expiate (see ὑπέρ, I. 4) sins, Heb_5:1; αἷμα ὑπέρ ἑαυτοῦ καί τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων, Heb_9:7; τήν προσφοράν ὑπέρ ἑνός ἑκάστου, passive, Act_21:26; προσφέρειν used absolutely (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)): περί τίνος, on account of (see περί, the passage cited β.), Mar_1:44; Luk_5:14; περί τοῦ λαοῦ περί (R G ὑπέρ (see περί, the passage cited δ.)) ἁμαρτιῶν, to offer expiatory sacrifices for the people, Heb_5:3; τινα, namely, τῷ Θεῷ, to offer up, i. e. immolate, one, Heb_11:17; ἑαυτόν, of Christ, Heb_7:27 T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; Heb_9:1-28 :(14),25; προσενεχθείς (the passive pointing to the fact that what he suffered was due to God's will) ibid. 28 (it is hardly to be found in native Greek writings used of offering sacrifices; but in Josephus, Antiquities 3, 9, 3, we have ἄρνα καί ἔριφον); πρός τινα (God) δέησις τέ καί ἱκετηρίας, Heb_5:7 (προσφέρειν δέησιν, Achilles Tatius 7, 1; τῷ Θεῷ εὐχήν, Josephus, b. j. 3, 8, 3). 2. The passive with the dative signifies to be borne toward one, to attack, assail; then figuratively, to behave oneself toward one, deal with one: ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ Θεός, Heb_12:7 (very often so in Attic writings from Thucydides and Xenophon down; Philo de Josepho § 10; de ebrietate § 16; Josephus, b. j. 7, 8, 1; Aelian v. h. 12, 27; Herodian, 1, 13, 14 (7 edition, Bekker)).

προσφέρω prospherō 47x to bear or bring to, Mat_4:24 ; Mat_25:20 ; to bring to or before magistrates, Luk_12:11 ; Luk_23:14 ; to bring near to, apply to, Joh_19:29 ; to offer, tender, proffer, as money, Act_8:18 ; to offer, present, as gifts, oblations, etc., Mat_2:11 ; Mat_5:23 ; Heb_5:7 ; to offer in sacrifice, Mar_1:44 ; Luk_5:14 ; to offer up any one as a sacrifice to God, Heb_9:25 ; Heb_9:28 ; Heb_11:17 ; mid. to bear one s self towards, behave or conduct one s self towards, to deal with, treat any one, Heb_12:7 bring; offer.

προσ -φέρω , [in LXX chiefly for H7126 hi.;] 1. to bring to, lead to: c . acc et dat . pers ., Mat_4:24 ; Mat_8:16 ; Mat_9:2 ; Mat_9:32 ; Mat_14:35 ; Mat_17:16 , Mar_2:4 ( WH , R , txt .; sc . αὐτόν ) Mar_10:13 , Luk_18:15 ; Luk_23:14 ; pass ., Mat_12:22 ( act. , WH , txt .) Mat_18:24 (προσήχθη , WH ) Mat_19:13 ; c . acc rei , Mat_25:20 ; id . c. dat. pers ., Mat_22:19 , Luk_23:36 ; τ . στόματι , Joh_19:29 ; metaph ., c . dat pers ., to deal with , Heb_12:7 ( cl .). 2. to offer: Mat_2:11 , Act_8:18 ; esp . (as freq . in LXX ; cf. FlJ , Ant., iii, 9, 3) sacrifices, gifts and prayers to God: absol. , seq . περί (ὑπέρ ), Mar_1:44 , Luk_5:14 , Heb_5:1 ; Heb_5:3 ; Heb_9:7 ; Heb_10:12 ; pass ., Act_21:26 ; c . acc rei (δῶρον , θυσίαν , λυτρείαν , προσφοράν ), Mat_5:23-24 (aoristic pres.; M , Pr., 247) Mat_8:4 , Joh_16:2 , Act_7:42 ; Act_21:26 , Heb_5:1 ; Heb_8:3-4 ; Heb_9:7 ; Heb_9:9 ; Heb_10:1-2 ; Heb_10:8 ; Heb_10:11-12 ; δεήσεις τε κ . ἱκετηρίας , Heb_5:7 ; c . acc pers ., Heb_11:17 (conative impf .; M , Pr., 129); of Christ, Heb_7:27 (ἀνενέγκας , WH , txt .) Heb_9:14 ; Heb_9:25 ; Heb_9:28 .†

προσφέρω [page 552] bring to, present, is seen in P Fay 21 .17 (A.D. 134) τὰ βιβλία προσφέροντες ο [ἷ ]ς ὀφίλουσιν , presenting their accounts to their creditors, P Giss I. 50 .18 (A.D. 259) προσφέρων τῇ πόλ̣ει . . . δραχμὰς δεκαεπτὰ ὀβολόν , and P Meyer 23 .8 (end iv/A.D.) παρὰ Τιθοῆτι τ̣ῷ προσφέροντί σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα : cf. P Par 63 .12 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 18) καλῶς ποιήσεις τὴν πᾶσαν προσενεγκάμενος ἐκτένε̣ι̣αν , you will do well in using every effort (Mahaffy), and P Tebt I. 33 .18 (B.C. 112) (= Selections , p. 31) τὴν πᾶσαν προσενέγκαι σπουδή [ν . The force seen in Heb_12:7 appears in P Par 46 .20. (B.C. 152) (= UPZ i. p. 338) where Apollonius appeals to his brother Ptoleinaeus to examine personally into his grievance against a third party νομίζω γὰρ μάλιστα τῶν ἄλλων παρακολουθήκοντά σε τῆι ἀληθείαι πικρότερον προσενεχθήσεσθ᾽ αὐτῶι , when you have investigated the truth you will deal with him most severely : cf. Syll 371 (= .3 807) .13 (A.D. 54) προσενεχθεὶς φ [ι ]λανθρώπως πᾶσι τοῖς πολείταις , and P Lond 1912 .65 (A.D. 41) ὁ (= οἱ ) γὰρ <ἄρ >χοντες . . . μετριώτεροι ἡμεῖν προσενεκθήσονται το̣, ν̣ ἐ̣ν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς χρόνον for the magistrates will behave with greater circumspection during their term of office (Bell). On the marriage contract P Oxy III. 496 .6 (A.D. 127) the editors remark that προσφέρεσθαι is the word commonly used of property brought to the husband by the bride. So in the oldest extant Greek papyrus P Eleph 1 .4 (B.C. 311 10) (= Selections , p. 2) the bride is described as προσφερομένην εἱματισμὸν καὶ κόσμον valued at 1000 drachmae : similarly BGU IV. 1100 .11 and 1104 .11 (time of Augustus). In P Tebt II. 407 .10 (A.D. 199?) ἅ σοι ] προσηνέχθη is what was settled upon the writer s daughter. A somewhat similar use is seen in OGIS 221 .11 (B.C. 280 261) διὰ τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εὔνοιαν προσενέγκασθαι πρὸς τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν , with reference to the gifting of royal land for the benefit of an adjoining city : see Dittenberger s note. Grimm says the verb is hardly to be found in native Greek writ. for sacrificing . Something very like it comes in the legal report BGU IV. 1024 vii. 25 (iv/v A.D.) of the poor girl whom her mother sold to shame, who ζῶσ̣α̣ [π ]ροσεφέρετο τοῖς βου [λομένοις ] ὡς νεκρά . For the conative impf. in Heb_11:17 προσέφερεν see Proleg . pp. 129, 238, 247, and for the double compound προσαναφέρω see P Tebt I. 16 .3 (B.C. 114) τυγχάνωι προσανενηνοχώ <ς > σοι δι᾽ ἑτέρας ἐπισ (τολῆς ), I reported to you in another letter (Edd.).

προσφέρω doric ποτι-φέρω fut. προσοίσω ionic aor. pass. -ενείχθην "to bring to or upon, apply to", Lat. applicare, Hdt. , Eur. , etc.; but, πρ. χεῖρά τινι "to lay" hands "upon" one, Pind. ; also "to offer" one's hand, as a friend, Xen. :—without dat. "to apply, exhibit, employ, use", βίην Hdt. ; πρ. τόλμαν "to bring" it "to bear", Pind. : also, πρ. πόλεμον Hdt. "to add", τί τινι Soph. , Eur. ; τι πρός τι Hdt. "to present, offer, give", λουτρὰ πατρί Soph. ; δῶρα Thuc. ; θυσίας NTest. esp. of meat and drink, "to offer, to set before" one, Xen. ; πρ. τινὶ ἐμπιεῖν καὶ φαγεῖν id=Xen. "to bring forward, quote, cite", Pind. "to bring forward" proposals, "make an offer", πρ. λόγον or λόγους τινι Hdt. , Thuc. : absol., πρ. περὶ ὁμολογίας Hdt. , Thuc. "to contribute, bring in, yield", ἑκατὸν τάλαντα Hdt. , etc. "to bring" one thing "near" another, "make" it "like", πρ. νόον ἀθανάτοις Pind. Pass., with fut. mid. προσοίσομαι, "to be borne towards", of ships, "to put in", Xen. "to go against, attack, assault", τινι or πρός τινα Hdt. , etc.; absol. "to rush on, make an onset", id=Hdt. ; προσφέρεσθαι ἄποροι difficult "to engage", id=Hdt. simply, "to go to or towards", ἐκ τοῦ Ἰκαρίου πελάγεος προσφερόμενοι "sailing", id=Hdt. "to deal with, behave oneself" in a certain way "towards" one, id=Hdt. , Thuc. ;— προσφέρεσθαι πρὸς λόγον "to answer" it, Xen. προσφέρεσθαί τινι "to come near" one, "be like" him, Hdt. προσφέρεσθαί τινι "to be put or imposed upon" one, τὰ προσφερόμενα πρήγματα id=Hdt. Mid., προσφέρεσθαί τι "to take to oneself as meat or drink", Xen. :—Pass., τὰ προσφερόμενα "meat or drink, food", id=Xen. "to exhibit", φιλοτιμίαν ὑμῖν NTest. "to apply or cause to be applied", Polyb.

προσ-φέρω [in LXX chiefly for קָרַב hi. ;] __1. to bring to, lead to: with accusative and dative of person(s), Mat.4:24 8:16 9:2, 32 14:35 17:16, Mrk.2:4 (WH, R, txt.; sc. αὐτόν) Mrk.10:13, Luk.18:15 23:14; pass., Mat.12:22 (act., WH, txt.) Mat.18:24 (προσήχθη, WH) Mat.19:13; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.25:20; id. with dative of person(s), Mat.22:19, Luk.23:36; τ. στόματι, Jhn.19:29; metaphorically, with dative of person(s), to deal with, Heb.12:7 (cl.). __2. to offer: Mat.2:11, Act.8:18; esp. (as frequently in LXX; cf. FlJ, Ant., iii, 9, 3) sacrifices, gifts and prayers to God: absol., before περί (ὑπέρ), Mrk.1:44, Luk.5:14, Heb.5:1, 3 9:7 10:12; pass., Act.21:26; with accusative of thing(s) (δῶρον, θυσίαν, λυτρείαν, προσφοράν), Mat.5:23-24 (aoristic pres.; M, Pr., 247) Mat.8:4, Jhn.16:2, Act.7:42 21:26, Heb.5:1 8:3-4 9:7, 9 10:1-2, 8 10:11-12; δεήσεις τε κ. ἱκετηρίας, Heb.5:7; with accusative of person(s), Heb.11:17 (conative impf.; M, Pr., 129); of Christ, Heb.7:27 (ἀνενέγκας, WH, txt.) Heb.9:14, 25 9:28.† (AS)