ΠΡΟΣΕΡΠΟΝΤΟΣ, προσερποντος
PROSERPONTOS, proserpontos
Sounds Like: pros-ER-pon-tos
Translations: of creeping towards, of approaching, of drawing near
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΕΡΠΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'προσέρπω' (proserpo), meaning 'to creep towards' or 'to approach stealthily'. It describes an action of moving slowly and gradually towards something or someone, often implying a sense of stealth or a slow, deliberate advance. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb to describe an ongoing action.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4322 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:72
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΕΡΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΡΠΩ — to creep to, to approach stealthily, to come near, to draw near
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