ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΕΙΝ, προσλαλειν
PROSLALEIN, proslalein
Sounds Like: pros-la-LEIN
Translations: to speak to, to address, to converse with
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΠΡΟΣ (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb ΛΑΛΕΩ (laleō), meaning 'to speak'. Therefore, it means 'to speak to' someone, 'to address' them, or 'to converse with' them. It implies a direct communication or interaction with another person.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G4314 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 23:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΕΙ — to speak to, to converse with, to address, to talk with
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΕΩ — to speak to, to converse with, to address, to talk with
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΗΣΑΙ — to speak to, to converse with, to address
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — speaking to, addressing, conversing with, talking with
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΟΥΤΕΣ — speaking to, conversing with, talking with, addressing
- ΠΡΟΣΛΑΛΩΝ — speaking to, conversing with, talking with
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