ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ, προφασισασθαι
PROPHASISASTHAI, prophasisasthai
Sounds Like: pro-pha-SEE-sas-thai
Translations: to make a pretext, to make an excuse, to pretend, to allege, to feign
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the infinitive form, meaning 'to make a pretext' or 'to make an excuse'. It describes the act of offering a reason or explanation for something, often with the implication that the reason is not the true one, but rather a cover-up or a false justification. It can also mean to pretend or to feign something. For example, one might 'make an excuse' for being late or 'pretend' to be ill.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 4:47
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) making a pretext, (of) excusing oneself, (of) pretending, (of) alleging
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΩ — to make a pretext, to make an excuse, to pretend, to offer as an excuse
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