προσέρχομαι

προσ-έρχομαι

[in LXX for קָרַב, נָגַשׁ, etc. ;]

to approach, draw near: absol., Matt 4,11, Luk 9,42, al.; with infin., Matt 24,1, al.; with dative loc., Hebr 12,18, 22; dative of person(s), Matt 5,1, and freq., Joh 12,21, al.; ptcp., προσελθών, with indic., Matt 8,2, and freq., Mark 1,31, Luk 7,14, al.; π. αὐτῷ, with indic., Matt 4,3, Mark 6,35,

Metaphorical,

(a) of approaching God: absol. (3 Mos 21,17, 5 Mos 21,5, al.), Hebr 10,1, 22; τ. θεῷ, Hebr 7,25; 11,6; τ. θρόνῳ τ. χάριτος, Hebr 4,16 πρὸς Χριστόν, 1 Pet 2,4

(b) in sense not found elsewhere (Field, Notes, 211), to consent to: ὑγιαίνουσι λόγοις, 1 Tim 6,3