ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣ, προαιρεσεως
PROAIRESEŌS, proaireseōs
Sounds Like: pro-ahee-REH-seh-ohss
Translations: of choice, of purpose, of intention, of will, of resolve
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a deliberate choice, purpose, or intention, often implying a pre-meditated decision or a settled resolve. It describes the act of choosing one thing over another, or the underlying will behind an action. It is a compound word, formed from πρό (pro, 'before') and αἵρεσις (hairesis, 'a taking, a choice').
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4260 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:32
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:28
Codex Sinaiticus
- Ecclesiastes — 4:6
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 11:230
- Book 7 — 14:346
- Book 10 — 4:54
- Book 12 — 2:39, 5:246, 6:280, 10:396, 10:405
- Book 13 — 5:170, 7:101
- Book 16 — 4:89, 5:150, 6:172
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:20
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ecclesiastes — 4:6
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
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΣΕΙΣ — choice, purpose, intention, a choice, a purpose, an intention
- 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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