2001 Translation

PROPHASEI, prophasei

Sounds Like: pro-PHA-seh

Translations: (to) pretext, (to) excuse, (to) outward show, a pretext, an excuse, an outward show

From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a pretext, an excuse, or an outward show. It is often used to describe a false reason or a deceptive appearance given to conceal the true motive or intention behind an action. In this dative form, it indicates the means by which something is done or the reason to which something is attributed.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Mark — 12:40
• Luke — 20:47
• Acts of the Apostles — 27:30
• Philippians — 1:18
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:5

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:319
• Book 4 — 2:15, 2:22
• Book 7 — 6:118
• Book 14 — 14:372
• Book 15 — 6:185, 7:244
• Book 16 — 6:170
• Book 19 — 6:309

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 14:7, 15:3, 34:8
• Book Two — 16:47
• Book Five — 10:5

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 14:79, 54:282

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Mark — 12:40
• Luke — 20:47
• Acts — 27:30
• Philippians — 1:18
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ.

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.

• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΙΣ — pretexts, excuses, reasons, pretenses
• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΣΙΝ — pretext, excuse, a pretext, an excuse, pretense, a pretense
• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ — of excuses, of pretexts, of pretenses, of allegations
• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΣ — of pretext, of excuse, of pretense, of outward show, of a pretext, of an excuse, of a pretense, of an outward show
• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΝ — pretext, a pretext, excuse, a excuse, occasion, a occasion, appearance, a appearance
• ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ — pretext, an excuse, a pretense, a cloak, an outward show
• ΤΩΝΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ — (of) pretexts, (of) excuses, (of) pretenses, (of) appearances

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