ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΣΙΝ, προφασεσιν
PROPHASESIN, prophasesin
Sounds Like: pro-PHA-se-sin
Translations: pretext, excuse, a pretext, an excuse, pretense, a pretense
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pretext, an excuse, or a pretense. It is often used to describe a false reason or a misleading appearance given to justify an action or conceal the real motive. It can be used in sentences to indicate that someone is using a superficial reason to hide their true intentions.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΙ — (to) pretext, (to) excuse, (to) outward show, a pretext, an excuse, an outward show
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΙΣ — pretexts, excuses, reasons, pretenses
- 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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