ΠΡΟΣΩΝΟΜΑΣΑΝ, προσωνομασαν
PROSŌNOMASAN, prosōnomasan
Sounds Like: pros-oh-no-MA-san
Translations: they named, they called, they gave a name to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρός (pros, 'to, toward') and the verb ὀνομάζω (onomazo, 'to name, to call'). It means to name or call someone or something by a particular name, often implying a designation or attribution. It is used to describe the act of giving a specific name or title to something.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 9:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — naming in addition, calling by an additional name, giving an additional name to
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they name in addition, they call by an additional name, they surname
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΣΑΙ — to name in addition, to surname, to call by a name
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΣΑΣ — having named in addition, having given an additional name, having called by an additional name
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