ΠΡΟΣΕΙΠΟΝ, προσειπον
PROSEIPON, proseipon
Sounds Like: pros-EYE-pon
Translations: to address, to speak to, to call to, to greet
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist form of the verb meaning 'to address' or 'to speak to'. It is a compound word formed from 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and 'λέγω' (legō), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. It describes the action of directing speech towards someone, often in a formal or direct manner, such as greeting them or calling out to them. It can be used in contexts where someone initiates a conversation or makes a statement directly to another person.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G4377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΙΠΕΝ — he addressed, he spoke to, he said to, he greeted
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