ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΙ, προτιμησαι
PROTIMĒSAI, protimēsai
Sounds Like: pro-tee-MAY-sai
Translations: to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to prefer something or someone over another, to hold in higher esteem, or to value more highly. It implies making a choice where one option is considered superior or more desirable than others. It can be used in contexts of choosing between actions, people, or objects.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 142:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΗΣΕ — he preferred, he valued more highly, he esteemed more highly
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΗΣΕΝ — he preferred, she preferred, it preferred
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΩΝ — preferred, was preferring, chose, was choosing
- ΠΡΟΤΕΤΙΜΗΜΕΝΗ — preferred, highly esteemed, honored before, a preferred one, a highly esteemed one
- ΠΡΟΤΕΤΙΜΗΜΕΝΟΝ — preferred, honored, esteemed, highly regarded
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΝ — to prefer, to honor above, to value more highly, to esteem more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ — to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be preferred, to be honored before, to be esteemed more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΙΜΙ — I would prefer, I would rather choose, I would rather honor
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — preferring, having preferred, choosing, having chosen, valuing more, having valued more
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — preferring, having preferred, choosing before, having chosen before, honoring above
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΣ — preferring, having preferred, honoring before, valuing above
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΕΙΕ — he would prefer, he would honor before, he would value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΗΤΕ — prefer, value more, honor before, choose before, you should prefer, you should value more
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to be preferred, about to be honored, about to be esteemed
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΗ — to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝ — preferring, valuing above, honoring before, esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΑΣ — preferring, valuing more, honoring above, esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΕΣ — preferring, honoring before, valuing more highly, those who prefer
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΟΣ — of one preferring, of one honoring before, of one valuing more, of one esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΣΙΝ — they prefer, they honor more, they value more
- ΠΡΟΥΤΙΜΑ — preferred, esteemed more highly, honored more highly
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