ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΟΥΣΙΜΕΝ, προσβαινουσιμεν
PROSBAINOUSIMEN, prosbainousimen
Sounds Like: pros-BAH-ee-noo-see-men
Translations: they go forward, they advance, they approach, they ascend, they go up
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρός (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb βαίνω (bainō), meaning 'to go' or 'to step'. The suffix -μεν indicates the enclitic particle 'men', which emphasizes or contrasts the preceding word, often translated as 'indeed' or 'on the one hand'. The verb itself means 'to go forward', 'to advance', 'to approach', or 'to ascend'. It describes movement towards a specific point or upward.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural, followed by the enclitic particle 'men'
Strong’s numbers: G4314 (Lookup on BibleHub), G939 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:68
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to go to, to approach, to ascend, to step forward, to advance
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΕΙΝἨ — to go to, to approach, to ascend, or, the
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ — those approaching, those going up, those ascending
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ — of those going up to, of those approaching, of those ascending, of those advancing
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they go to, they approach, they ascend, they come to
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΩ — to go to, to approach, to ascend, to come to
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΙΝΩΜΕΝ — we go to, we approach, we advance, we come to
- ΠΡΟΣΒΗΝΑΙ — to go to, to approach, to ascend, to come near
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΗ — he went to, he approached, he came to, he advanced
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΗΝ — I went, I came, I approached, I stepped forward
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