2001 Translation

PRĒNĒS, prēnēs

Sounds Like: PREE-nays

Translations: prone, headlong, falling headlong, prostrate, face down

From the root: ΠΡΗΝΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This adjective describes someone or something that is lying face down, prostrate, or falling headlong. It indicates a position where the front of the body is facing downwards, often implying a fall or a humble posture. It can be used to describe a person who has fallen forward or is lying flat on their face.

Inflection: Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative; Masculine or Feminine; Singular

Strong’s number: G4243 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 33:2
• Book Six — 1:64

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 28:138

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 1:18

From the same root

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

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.

• ΠΡΗΝ — headlong, prostrate, prone, face down, headfirst
• ΠΡΗΝΕΙ — prone, headlong, prostrate, face down, head first
• ΠΡΗΝΕΙΣ — prone, headlong, prostrate, fallen forward
• ΠΡΗΝΙΣ — headlong, prone, prostrate, falling headlong

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