ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ, προσποιουμενος
PROSPOIOUMENOS, prospoioumenos
Sounds Like: pros-poy-OO-meh-nos
Translations: pretending, feigning, affecting, making a pretense, claiming, assuming
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes the act of pretending or feigning something, often with the intention to deceive or to give a false impression. It can also mean to claim or assume something for oneself. It is used to describe someone who is acting in a way that is not genuine or sincere.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4339 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΙΤΟ — he was pretending, he was feigning, he was making as if, he was making a show of
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they pretended, they feigned, they made as if, they made a show of
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΟ — he pretended, he feigned, he made as if, he claimed, he assumed
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΟΥ — pretended, feigned, made a pretense, claimed, affected
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΟΥΝΤΟ — they were pretending, they were feigning, they were making as if
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to claim, to assume, to affect, to appropriate
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΝ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to simulate, to assume, to affect
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to pretend, to feign, to make a show of, to assume, to claim, to acquire for oneself
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΤΑΙ — he pretends, he feigns, he makes as if, he assumes, he claims, he affects
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to claim, to assume
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ — pretending, feigning, making as if, making a show of, affecting
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having pretended, pretending, feigning, having made a pretense, having assumed, having taken on
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to pretend, to feign, to make a show of, to assume, to affect, to claim, to appropriate
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΤΟΣ — feigned, pretended, simulated, artificial
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΙ — feigning, pretending, affecting, those who feign, those who pretend
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — pretending, feigning, making a pretense, affecting, claiming, assuming, making as if
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — pretending, feigning, making a pretense, affecting, claiming, professing
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — pretending, feigning, making a show of, assuming, affecting
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — pretending, feigning, making a show of, those pretending, those feigning
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — pretending, feigning, making a show, affecting, claiming, assuming, professing
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΩΝ — pretending, feigning, making as if, affecting, claiming
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