to sit near/serve

Greek Verb

προσεδρεύω (πρόσεδρος, sitting near), [in LXX: 1Ma.11:40 *;] 1) to sit near. 2) to attend regularly: with dative, 1Co.9:13, Rec. (see: παρεδρεύω). παρ-εδρεύω [in LXX: Pro.1:21 8:3 *;] to sit constantly beside, attend constantly (cf. MM, xix): τ. θυσιαστηρίω, 1Co.9:13. (AS)

to sit near/serve

Greek Verb

προσεδρ-εύω, sit near, wait or watch beside, πυρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, [Refs]; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; attend to, τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; watch the rise of the Nile, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; persist in, ταῖς φιλοπονίαις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; apply oneself, λίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs,[Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) besiege, ταῖς Συρακούσαις [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 3) wait, προσέδρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially attend at a law-court, παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] 4) to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an apprentice, π. τῷ διδασκάλῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a servant, παραμένειν. καὶ π. [Refs 6th c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to sit near, i.e. attend as a servant; wait at; from a compound of g4314 (πρός) and the base of g1476 (ἑδραῖος)