ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΙΝ, προσφυγειν
PROSPHYGEIN, prosphygein
Sounds Like: pros-FYOO-gayn
Translations: to flee to, to take refuge in, to resort to, to have recourse to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition πρός (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb φεύγω (pheugo), meaning 'to flee'. As an infinitive, it means 'to flee to' or 'to take refuge in' something or someone. It describes the act of seeking safety, help, or protection by going to a particular place or person.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4341 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 3:72
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:182
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΠΕΦΕΥΓΟΝΤΑΣ — having fled to, having taken refuge in, those who have fled to
- ΠΡΟΣΠΕΦΕΥΓΟΤΟΣ — (of) having fled for refuge, (of) having sought refuge, (of) having taken refuge, (of) having resorted to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΕΙ — flees to, takes refuge in, resorts to, applies to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΟΝΤΑΣ — fleeing to, taking refuge in, resorting to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΟΝΤΕΣ — fleeing to, taking refuge in, resorting to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΟΥΣΙ — they flee for refuge, they take refuge, they resort to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΩ — flee to, take refuge, resort to, flee for refuge
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓ — flee for refuge, take refuge, resort to, appeal to, have recourse to, apply to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΝ — to flee for refuge, to take refuge, to escape to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΟΝΤΑ — flee for refuge, take refuge, flee to, resort to, have recourse to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΟΝΤΑΣ — having fled to, having taken refuge, having resorted to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΟΥΣΑ — fleeing to, having fled to, taking refuge in, resorting to
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΟΥΣΗΣ — having fled to, having taken refuge in, having resorted to, having sought refuge, having fled for refuge
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΩΝ — having fled to, having taken refuge in, having resorted to
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