Lexicon
προσπήγνυμι
prospēgnumi
G4362
G:V Greek

to nail to

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Prospegnumi describes fastening someone to a cross in the action narrated in Acts 2:23.

The attested use describes the act of fastening the person spoken of to a cross in Acts 2:23.

Senses in use

  1. fastening to a cross · dominant

    In Acts 2:23, προσπήξαντες is an aorist active masculine nominative plural participle within the action directed toward “This one.” The APB renders the clause “you nailed to a cross by the hand of lawless men and killed,” confirming the cross-directed fastening described in the verse.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 2:23, the APB presents the action as “you nailed to a cross.” This rendering confirms the clause's overall action rather than isolating each element of the Greek form.

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