ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ, προσελαυνοντες
PROSELAUNONTES, proselaunontes
Sounds Like: pros-eh-LAU-non-tes
Translations: approaching, drawing near, coming up to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'προσελαύνω', meaning 'to approach' or 'to draw near'. It describes an action that is ongoing or happening at the same time as the main verb. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or describing the manner of an action. It is a compound word formed from 'πρός' (towards, to) and 'ἐλαύνω' (to drive, to push, to move).
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4330 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΥΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΣΑΣ — approaching, having ridden up, having driven near, having advanced
- ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΥΝΟΥΣΑΝ — approaching, drawing near, advancing
- ΠΡΟΣΕΛΑΥΝΩ — to drive towards, to approach, to come near, to advance
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