2001 Translation

PRĒNEIS, prēneis

Sounds Like: PRE-nays

Translations: prone, headlong, prostrate, fallen forward

From the root: ΠΡΗΝΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes a posture or state of being, specifically lying face down or falling forward. It can refer to someone who has fallen headlong or is prostrate on the ground. It is often used to describe a violent or sudden fall.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G4243 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 18 — 3:59
• Book 19 — 8:349

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 9:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 5:50, 6:23
• Wisdom — 4:19

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΗΝΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΡΗΝ — headlong, prostrate, prone, face down, headfirst
• ΠΡΗΝΕΙ — prone, headlong, prostrate, face down, head first
• ΠΡΗΝΗΣ — prone, headlong, falling headlong, prostrate, face down
• ΠΡΗΝΙΣ — headlong, prone, prostrate, falling headlong

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