ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΙΣ, προαιρεσεις
PROAIRESEIS, proaireseis
Sounds Like: pro-ahee-REH-seess
Translations: choice, purpose, intention, a choice, a purpose, an intention
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a deliberate choice, purpose, or intention. It implies a decision made with forethought and preference, often indicating a settled disposition or a fixed aim. It can be used to describe a person's resolve or the underlying motive behind their actions.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4286 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 23:214
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 14:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΚΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣ — of choice, of purpose, of intention, by choice, by purpose, by intention
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ — choice, purpose, decision, intention, will
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣ — of choice, of purpose, of intention, of will, of resolve
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣΤΗΝ — unknown
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΙΝ — choice, purpose, intention, a choice, a purpose, an intention
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ — choice, a choice, purpose, a purpose, intention, an intention, preference, a preference
- ΠΡΟΕΡΕΣΙ — choice, purpose, intention, a choice, a purpose, an intention
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