προσφωνέω

prosphōneō

to call to/summon

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Strong’s G4377Verb7 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Luke4

Acts2

Matthew1

Translated as

calling out1

he called to him1

calling1

called her near1

called1

he addressed them1

he was addressing1

In the text

Matthew 11:16προσφωνοῦντα
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Luke 6:13προσεφώνησεν
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
Acts 21:40προσεφώνησεν
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

Abbott-Smith

προσ-φωνέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 1Es.2:21 Est.6:6 Est.6:22, 2Ma.15:15 * ;]

1. to address, call to; in cl., with accusative of person(s), with dupl. accusative (cf. 2Mac, l.with); absol. (Hom., Od., v, 159, al.): Act.21:40 In late writers, with dative of person(s): Mat.11:16, Luk.7:32 13:12 23:20, Act.22:2.

2. to call by name, summon: with accusative (as in cl.), Luk.6:13.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.