prosphero denotes presenting gifts or sacrifices and bringing people or things before someone.

The verb most often describes the presentation of gifts, sacrifices, petitions, or oneself to God or at an altar; it also describes bringing persons, objects, and money into another’s presence. The same broad act of presentation is visible when people bring the sick or children to Jesus and when items such as a coin, wine, or money are presented.

1. Presenting gifts, sacrifices, or petitions · dominant

   Present active forms occur with gifts and sacrifices in Hebrews 5:1 and Hebrews 8:3, while Hebrews 10:11 describes a priest repeatedly performing this action with the same sacrifices. In Hebrews 5:7, the aorist participle is used of petitions and supplications directed to the one able to save from death; in Matthew 5:23 the present subjunctive occurs as a gift is brought to the altar.

   Hebrews 5:1Hebrews 8:3Hebrews 10:11Hebrews 5:7Matthew 5:23Hebrews 9:14
2. Bringing or presenting persons and things · common

   Aorist active and passive forms describe people being brought to Jesus or another person: in Matthew 12:22 the APB renders a blind and mute man as “brought to him,” and in Matthew 18:24 a debtor is “brought to him.” Imperfect active forms in Mark 10:13 and Matthew 9:2 describe people bringing children and a paralytic, while John 19:29 depicts sour wine being brought to Jesus.

   Matthew 12:22Matthew 18:24Mark 10:13Matthew 9:2John 19:29Acts 8:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “offer” where gifts, sacrifices, petitions, money, or service are in view, and “bring” or “brought” where people and objects are moved into someone’s presence. These renderings reflect the verses’ clauses, not a word-for-word alignment.