ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΝ, προσωπειον
PROSŌPEION, prosōpeion
Sounds Like: pro-so-PI-on
Translations: mask, a mask, face, a face, personage, a personage, role, a role, outward appearance, an outward appearance
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a mask, especially one worn by actors in ancient Greek drama to represent a character or a particular emotion. Metaphorically, it can denote a role, a persona, or an outward appearance that may conceal the true nature of something or someone. It is used to describe what is presented to the world, whether literally a physical mask or a figurative front.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4383 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑ — mask, a mask, disguise, a disguise, outward appearance, an outward appearance
- ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΟΙΣ — masks, a mask
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