Lexicon
προσαναβαίνω
prosanabainō
G4320
G:V Greek

to go up

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Prosanabaino denotes being told to move up to a higher place of honor at a meal.

The attested use is an instruction to move from a lower place to a higher one when a host calls a guest forward in Luke 14:10.

Senses in use

  1. Move up to a higher place · dominant

    In Luke 14:10, προσανάβηθι is a second-person singular aorist active verbal form in the host's address to a guest reclining in the lowest place; the guest is called to move to a higher position. The APB renders the clause, "Friend, move up higher."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 14:10 the APB presents the host's instruction as "Friend, move up higher,".

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