προστρέχωprostréchō
to run to: Mark 9:15, Mark 10:17, Acts 8:30.
Greek (New Testament) · G4370
Same root
- πρόςprós · G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
- τρέχωtréchō · G5143compare G2359 (θρίξ)); which uses (the base of G1408 (δρόμος)) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Mark 9:15 When the crowd saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with awe, and they ran to greet him.
- Mark 10:17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Acts 8:30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.