Strong’s G4370 · Greek
προστρέχω
prostréchō
Definition
to run towards, i.e. hasten to meet or join
Etymology
from G4314 (πρός) and G5143 (τρέχω) (including its alternate);
Where the KJV renders it
- run (thither to
- to)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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