προστρέχω

prostrechō · run up to

Greek word · Strong’s number G4370 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

prostrechō (προστρέχω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “run up to”.

Run to someone.

How to say it

pros·tre·chō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To hurry toward someone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • running up ×2
  • ran up ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Mark 9:15

    And at once all the crowd, seeing him, were greatly amazed, and running up, they were greeting him.

  • Mark 10:17

    And as he was going out on the way, a man ran up and knelt before him and was asking him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

  • Acts 8:30

    And Philip, running up, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you really understand what you are reading?”