ΠΡΟΚΕΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ, προκενουντες
PROKENOUNTES, prokenountes
Sounds Like: proh-keh-NOON-tes
Translations: emptying out beforehand, making empty in advance, making void in advance
From the root: ΠΡΟΚΕΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in advance', and the verb 'κενοό' (kenoo), meaning 'to empty' or 'to make void'. As a participle, it describes an action of emptying or making void that happens in advance or beforehand. It functions adjectivally or adverbially, describing someone or something that is performing this action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative or Accusative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 7:6
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΡΟΚΕΝΟΩ, appear in our texts.
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