prosago describes causing a person, people, or a country to come near to someone or something.

The attested use describes causing someone or something to come into proximity: persons are brought before officials or summoned to Jesus, believers are brought near to God, and sailors suppose that land is coming near to them.

1. Causing persons or things to come near · dominant

   In Luke 9:41, the aorist active singular command concerns bringing a son to Jesus; in Acts 16:20, the aorist active nominative plural participle describes people bringing others before the officers. In 1 Peter 3:18, the aorist active subjunctive occurs in the purpose clause about bringing people near to God, while Acts 27:27 uses the present active infinitive for sailors supposing that a country was coming near to them.

   Luke 9:41Acts 16:201 Peter 3:18Acts 27:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the relevant clauses with “Bring your son here,” “They brought them before the officers,” “bring you near to God,” and “bringing some country near to them.” These renderings confirm the clauses' movement toward proximity rather than establish separate lexical senses.