ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΣΕ, προεθεσπισε
PROETHESPISE, proethespise
Sounds Like: proh-eth-ES-pee-seh
Translations: he prophesied beforehand, he foretold, he predicted
From the root: ΠΡΟΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to prophesy beforehand' or 'to foretell'. It describes an action of predicting future events. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in advance', and the verb 'θεσπίζω' (thespizo), meaning 'to prophesy' or 'to declare by divine inspiration'. Thus, it signifies declaring something prophetically before it happens.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4395 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 5:79
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΣΑΝ — prophesied beforehand, foretold, predicted
- ΠΡΟΘΕΣΠΙΖΟΥΣΙ — they prophesy, they foretell, they predict
- ΠΡΟΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ — to prophesy beforehand, to foretell, to predict
- ΠΡΟΘΕΣΠΙΣΑΝΤΑ — having prophesied beforehand, who prophesied beforehand, having foretold, who foretold
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