ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΕΙΝ, προσαμυνειν
PROSAMYNEIN, prosamynein
Sounds Like: pros-ah-MOO-nayn
Translations: to help, to assist, to defend, to ward off, to come to the aid of
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb 'ἀμύνω' (amynō), meaning 'to ward off' or 'to defend'. Therefore, 'προσαμύνειν' means to ward off or defend for someone, or to come to someone's aid. It is used to describe the act of providing assistance or defense to another person or group.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4337 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΑΙ — to help, to assist, to defend, to come to the aid of
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΑΝΤΟΣ — of having helped, of having defended, of having come to aid, of having warded off
- ΠΡΟΣΑΜΥΝΩ — to help, to assist, to defend, to come to the aid of
- ΠΡΟΣΗΜΥΝΟΝ — to help, to assist, to defend, to ward off
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