ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΕΙΝ, προσβαλλειν
PROSBALLEIN, prosballein
Sounds Like: pros-BAL-lain
Translations: to attack, to assault, to throw against, to apply, to bring to bear, to strike, to cast
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to throw or cast against' or 'to attack'. It is often used in military contexts to describe an assault or an attack on a city or enemy. It can also mean to apply something, like a remedy, or to bring something to bear upon a situation. The word is formed from the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb 'βάλλω' (ballo), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4316 (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, ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΕΙΝ — to attack, to assault, to throw against, to apply, to approach, to meet, to encounter
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΕΤΕ — attack, cast, throw, apply, assault, strike, encounter
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΕΙ — he attacks, she attacks, it attacks, he assaults, she assaults, it assaults, he strikes, she strikes, it strikes, he throws against, she throws against, it throws against
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΟΙ — attack, assault, throw against, apply, bring to bear
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΕΣ — attacking, assaulting, encountering, throwing against, falling upon
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΩΝ — (of) those attacking, (of) those assailing, (of) those throwing against
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΟΥΣΙ — they attack, they assault, they throw against, they fall upon
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΩ — to attack, to assault, to throw at, to cast at, to strike, to apply, to bring against
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΛΩΝ — attacking, assailing, throwing against, striking against, encountering, meeting, applying, adding
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΑ — attacking, assailing, striking, throwing against, encountering, meeting, applying
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΑΣ — attacking, assaulting, having attacked
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΕΣ — having attacked, having assailed, having thrown against, having fallen upon, having encountered
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΟΣ — of having attacked, of having approached, of having met, of having thrown against
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who attacked, of those who assaulted, of those who cast upon, of those who fell upon
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΩ — I will attack, I will assault, I will throw against, I will apply, I will bring to bear
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΩΜΕΝ — let us attack, that we may attack, let us assault, that we may assault, let us throw against, that we may throw against
- ΠΡΟΣΒΑΛΩΝ — having attacked, having assaulted, having thrown against, having applied, having brought to bear
- ΠΡΟΣΒΕΒΛΗΚΟΤΑΣ — having attacked, having assailed, having thrown against, having assaulted, having encountered
- ΠΡΟΣΒΛΗΤΟΝ — assailable, vulnerable, exposed to attack, subject to attack
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΕ — he attacked, she attacked, it attacked, he assailed, she assailed, it assailed, he applied, she applied, it applied, he threw against, she threw against, it threw against
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΕΝ — he attacked, he assaulted, he threw at, he applied, he approached, he met
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΛΕ — he was attacking, he was assailing, he was throwing against, he was applying, he was joining
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΛΕΝ — was attacking, was assailing, was striking, was throwing against, was applying, was inflicting
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΛΟΝ — they were attacking, they were assailing, they were casting, they were striking, they were applying
- ΠΡΟΣΕΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΑΙΣ — attack, assault, throw against, apply
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