ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ, προφασιζεσθαι
PROPHASIZESTHAI, prophasizesthai
Sounds Like: pro-fah-SEE-zes-thai
Translations: to make a pretext, to offer an excuse, to pretend, to make a show, to make a pretense
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of making an excuse or a pretense for something, often to conceal the true motive or reason. It implies a deceptive or misleading justification for one's actions or intentions. It can be used in sentences like 'He made a pretext for his absence' or 'They pretended to be busy'.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 140:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 6:98
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 140:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΕΤΑΙ — he makes an excuse, he pretends, he alleges, he offers as an excuse
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — making a pretext, making an excuse, pretending, alleging, feigning
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