ΠΡΟΣΠΕΦΥΚΕΝ, προσπεφυκεν
PROSPEPHYKEN, prospephyken
Sounds Like: pros-pe-PHOO-ken
Translations: has grown to, is attached to, is naturally joined to, has adhered to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΦΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition πρός (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb φύω (phyo), meaning 'to grow' or 'to produce'. Together, it means 'to grow to', 'to be attached to', or 'to adhere to' something. It describes something that has become naturally joined or affixed to another object, often implying a close or inherent connection.
Inflection: Perfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4369 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:176
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΦΥΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΦΥΣΕΝ — grew to, clung to, attached oneself to, became attached to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΕΝΤΟΣ — of that which grew to, of that which was attached, of that which was joined
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΕΤΑΙ — is attached, clings, adheres, grows to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΩ — to grow to, to cling to, to adhere to, to be joined to, to be attached to
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