ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΥΝ, προσηλουν
PROSĒLOUN, prosēloun
Sounds Like: pros-ay-LOO-oon
Translations: they were nailing, they nailed, they were fastening to, they fastened to, they were crucifying, they crucified
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to nail to' or 'to fasten to'. It is often used in the context of crucifixion, meaning 'to crucify'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb 'ηλόω' (heloō), meaning 'to nail'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G4338 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:6
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 13:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΟΥΝ — they were nailing to, they were fastening to, to nail to, to fasten to
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΥΣΑ — nailing to, fastening to, having nailed to, having fastened to
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΥΣΙ — they nail to, they crucify
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΟΩ — to nail, to nail to, to fasten with nails
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΩΜΕΝΟΙ — nailed to, fastened to, affixed to, crucified with
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΩΜΕΝΟΝ — nailed, having been nailed, fastened, affixed
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΩΣΑΙ — to nail to, to fasten to, to crucify
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΩΣΑΝ — they nailed to, they fastened to, they affixed to
- ΠΡΟΣΗΛΩΣΑΣ — nailed, fastened, affixed
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