ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΩΝ, προσφυγων
PROSPHYGŌN, prosphygōn
Sounds Like: pros-FY-gohn
Translations: having fled to, having taken refuge in, having resorted to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΦΕΥΓΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the verb 'προσφεύγω' (prospheugō), meaning 'to flee to' or 'to take refuge in'. It describes someone who has already performed the action of fleeing or seeking refuge. It is used to indicate a past action that has a continuing effect, often implying a state of having found refuge or resorted to something.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Masculine, Genitive, Plural
Strong’s number: G4377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 5:1
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
- ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΙΝ — to flee to, to take refuge in, to resort to, to have recourse 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
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