ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΑ, προαστεια
PROASTEIA, proasteia
Sounds Like: pro-AS-tee-ah
Translations: suburbs, outskirts, pasture lands
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the areas immediately surrounding a city, often including fields, pastures, or residential areas outside the main city walls. It is a compound word formed from 'πρό' (pro), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and 'ἄστυ' (astu), meaning 'city'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4260 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 18:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΑΜΕΝ — suburbs indeed, the suburbs on the one hand, a suburb indeed, the outskirts indeed
- ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΑΤΗΣ — of a suburb, of the suburbs, of pasture land, of the pasture lands
- ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΟΙΣ — suburb, suburbs, a suburb, the suburbs
- ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΟΝ — suburb, a suburb, outlying district, precinct
- ΠΡΟΑΣΤΕΙΟΥ — of the suburb, of a suburb, of the outskirts, of an outlying district
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