ΠΡΗΣΑΙ, πρησαι
PRĒSAI, prēsai
Sounds Like: PREE-sai
Translations: to swell, to burn, to set on fire, to inflame
From the root: ΠΡΗΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive, meaning 'to swell' or 'to burn/set on fire'. It can refer to physical swelling, as in a body part, or to the act of burning something down. The meaning often depends on the context, with 'to swell' being a more literal sense and 'to burn' often used in a destructive sense.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4248 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 5:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΗΣΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΠΡΗΣΑΝ — they swelled up, they became inflamed, they were secretly inflamed
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